The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.
Title:
The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.
Personal Author:
Publication:
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
Copyright:
©2007
Publication Date:
2008
ISBN:
9780670018239
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-415) and index.
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.
Abstract:
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
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
