Date of Award
2004
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
Abstract
Hensleigh’s thesis explores the working lives of British merchant sailors in the 17th and 18th centuries based primarily on the diaries of Ned Coxere, Edward Barlow, John Cremer, Nathanial Uring, and Oloudah Equiano. The author concludes that while seamen faced difficult and dangerous natural and human environments, these “Jack Tars” had a proud and self-reliant sailor identity.
Recommended Citation
Hensleigh, Evan , '04, "A Sailor's Eye View: Victimization and the Lives of English Merchant Seamen in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" (2004). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 558.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/558