ISBN:
0719563038
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9780719563034
Language:
English
Pages:
434 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
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24 m
Edition:
First published in paperback
DDC:
306.362096
Keywords:
Slave trade History
;
Slaves
;
Merchant mariners
;
Race relations
;
Slave ships History
;
Slaves Transportation
;
History
;
18th century
;
Slave trade Africa
;
History
;
18th century
;
Slaves
;
Merchant mariners
;
USA
;
Sklave
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Großbritannien
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Afrika
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 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
Description / Table of 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally published: 2007
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