The Queen's Slave Trader: John Hawkyns, Elizabeth I, and the Trafficking in Human SoulsA gripping, meticulously researched and artfully written account of the life, exploits and character of notorious sea dog John Hawkyns, Englands first slave trader. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly has called THE QUEENS SLAVE TRADER a tour de force. Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery in America has been squarely placed upon the slave traders who ravaged African villages, the merchants who auctioned off human lives as if