Captain Philip Beaver's African Journal
Carol Bolton · Christopher Brown
2023年9月 · Anthem Advances in African Cultural Studies 第 1 本图书 · Anthem Press
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In 1805, naval officer Captain Philip Beaver (1766–1813) published his African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Year 1792. Beaver’s text in this modern scholarly edition presents a compelling account of his settlement of the island of Bulama, with a group of British colonists (275 men, women and children). Arriving in May-June 1792, the settlers were beset by illness and the hardships of their tropical environment, and many began to die, or chose to return to Britain. Despite his super-human efforts to maintain the colony, by 1793 Beaver was also forced to leave the island with only one other original settler.
Beaver’s intriguing, yet modest account of his endeavours, led to public acclaim for his efforts on behalf of the colony. He was also admired for his anti-slavery principles and his desire to bring ‘cultivation and commerce’ to the region. At a time when Romantic studies recognises the wider social and historical contexts of the literature that was created, and the impact of colonialism, abolition and African exploration on our understanding of the period, this book provides an important nexus that brings all these aspects together. In fulfilling the myth of the self-sacrificing national hero (such as that embodied by Admiral Horatio Nelson), Beaver’s account also lends itself to significant debates about masculinity, heroism and nationalism in the Romantic period.
Beaver’s intriguing, yet modest account of his endeavours, led to public acclaim for his efforts on behalf of the colony. He was also admired for his anti-slavery principles and his desire to bring ‘cultivation and commerce’ to the region. At a time when Romantic studies recognises the wider social and historical contexts of the literature that was created, and the impact of colonialism, abolition and African exploration on our understanding of the period, this book provides an important nexus that brings all these aspects together. In fulfilling the myth of the self-sacrificing national hero (such as that embodied by Admiral Horatio Nelson), Beaver’s account also lends itself to significant debates about masculinity, heroism and nationalism in the Romantic period.
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Carol Bolton is a senior lecturer in English at Loughborough University. Her research centres on Romantic-period writing that represents travel, exploration, and colonialism.
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