Captain Canot: Twenty Years of an African Slave Ship An Account of Captain's Career and Adventures on the Coast, In the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies, Written Out and Edited From the Captain's Journals, Memoranda and Conversations

"Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver" is a biography of Captain Theodore Canot written and edited from his journals, memoranda and conversations by Brantz Mayer. Canot's biography is notable for its vividness and general accuracy and it illustrates perfectly the conduct and character of every branch of the slave trade.