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Hugh Crow ( – 13 May 1829) was a British privateer and slave trader. He was captain of several merchant vessels in the African trade; and his ''Memoirs'', posthumously published, are notable for their descriptions of the west coast of Africa.


Life

Hugh Crow was born at
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in the Isle of Man in about 1765, the son of the tradesman Edmund Crow (1730–1809) by his wife, Judith (1737–1807). He lost his right eye in infancy, but despite this handicap was apprenticed to a boat builder and adopted a seafaring life. He became captain of a merchant vessel, and was long engaged in the African trade. In 1808 he retired from active service, and resided for some years in his native town, but in 1817 he fixed his residence in
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, where he died on 13 May 1829.Cooper 1888, p. 236.


Works

His
Memoirs
', published at London in 1830,
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, with his portrait prefixed, contain descriptions of the west coast of Africa, particularly the
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, and of the manners and customs of the inhabitants.


Popular culture

In the mid-1970s, the Manx screenwriter
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made his only attempt at writing a stage play; called ''Crow'', it was based upon the memoirs of Hugh Crow. Kneale was unable to find backing to produce the play for the stage, but sold the script to ATV who put it into pre-production for television. Shortly before filming it was cancelled by ATV's managing director,
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, and Kneale was never told why.Kibble-White 2003.


Gallery

File:(2) The WILL, of Liverpool, Capt. Crow, beating off a French Privateer 21st Feby 1800 (cropped).jpg, The ''Will'', of Liverpool, Capt. Crow, beating off a French Privateer, 21 February 1800 File:(3) Storm encountered in the CERES, Capt. Crow, on the passage from Dominica to Liverpool. 1804 (cropped).jpg, Storm encountered in the ''Ceres'', Capt. Crow, on the passage from Dominica to Liverpool, 1804 File:(4) Action, in the night, between the MARY, of Liverpool, Capt. Crow, and Two British Men of War. Decr. 1806 (cropped).jpg, Action, in the night, between the ''Mary'', of Liverpool, Capt. Crow, and Two British Men of War, December 1806 File:(5a) Song. Made by the people of Colour, in Jamaica on Captn Hugh Crow (cropped).jpg, Song. Made by the people of Colour, in Jamaica on Captn Hugh Crow (a) File:(5b) Song. Made by the people of Colour, in Jamaica on Captn Hugh Crow (cropped).jpg, Song. Made by the people of Colour, in Jamaica on Captn Hugh Crow (b)


See also

* ''Bell'' (1788 ship) * * * * * * * *


References


Sources

* * Kibble-White, Jack (November 2003)
"The Magic Word Here is Paradox"
''Off the Telly''. Retrieved 8 October 2022. Attribution: *


Further reading

* Crow, Hugh (1830).
Memoirs of the Late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool
'. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. pp. 296–299. * Grindal, Peter (2016).
Opposing the Slavers: The Royal Navy's Campaign Against the Atlantic Slave Trade
'. London and New York: I. B. Tauris. pp. 51, 53, 57, 102. * Guy, Stephen
"Last of the slavers"
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''. Retrieved 6 October 2022. * Pinfold, John, ed. (2007).
The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain
'. Oxford: Bodleian Library. pp. v–xxiv. * Quine, John (1887)

Moore, A. W. (ed.). ''The Manx Note Book'', 3(1). Douglas: G. H. Johnson. pp. 38–46. * Sutton, Charles William, ed. (1876).
A List of Lancashire Authors, with Brief Biographical and Bibliographical Notes
'. Manchester: Abel Heywood & Sons. p. 27. {{DEFAULTSORT:Crow, Hugh 1760s births 1829 deaths British privateers 18th-century British slave traders 19th-century British slave traders