The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.

By:

Rediker, Marcus

Publication details: New York : Viking, 2007.Description: 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780670018239
0670018236
9780143114253
0143114255

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Slave ship.DDC classification:

306.3/62096 22

LOC classification:

HT1322 .R42 2007

NLM classification:

306.362 R317s

Other classification:

15.59
NW 8295
306.362096

Online resources:

Contents:

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 -- Endless passage.

Awards:

American Historical Association James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History, 2008.
George Washington Prize, 2008

Summary: For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, the author creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. He restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, as a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern capitalism was made.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-415) and index.

For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, the author creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. He restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, as a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern capitalism was made.

American Historical Association James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History, 2008.

George Washington Prize, 2008

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