| Description |
434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 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. |
| 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 -- Epilogue: endless passage. |
| Subject |
Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
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Slaves.
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Merchant mariners.
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Race relations.
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| ISBN |
0670018236 |
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9780670018239 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 304861634 |
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NZ1 11602180 |
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AU@ 000041602230 |
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