The slave ship : a human history /
Rediker, Marcus.
The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker. - New York, NY : Viking, 2007. - 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
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 rolling decks. Rediker 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.--From publisher description.
9780670018239 0670018236
2007018081
Slave trade--History.--Africa
Slaves.
Merchant mariners.
Race relations.
Slave ships--History.
Trata de esclavos--Historia--Africa
Esclavitud--Historia--Africa.
HT 1322 / R317s 2007
306.362096
The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker. - New York, NY : Viking, 2007. - 434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
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 rolling decks. Rediker 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.--From publisher description.
9780670018239 0670018236
2007018081
Slave trade--History.--Africa
Slaves.
Merchant mariners.
Race relations.
Slave ships--History.
Trata de esclavos--Historia--Africa
Esclavitud--Historia--Africa.
HT 1322 / R317s 2007
306.362096