| Description |
434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-415) and index. |
| Summary |
For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, award-winning historian Rediker creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their decks |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Life, death, and terror in the slave trade -- The evolution of the slave ship -- African paths to the middle passage -- Olaudah Equiano: astonishment and terror -- James Field Stanfield and the floating dungeon -- John Newton and the peaceful kingdom -- The captain's own hell -- The sailor's vast machine -- From captives to shipmates -- The long voyage of the slave ship Brooks -- Epilogue: endless passage -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration sources and credits. |
| Subject |
Race relations.
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Enslaved persons.
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Merchant mariners.
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Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
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| Local Subject |
Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Africa -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780143114253 paperback |
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0143114255 paperback |
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9780670018239 (hc.) |
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0670018236 (hc.) |
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