The slave ship : a human history
Book |
Penguin Books,
New York :
c2008.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
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.
Details
- ISBN: 9780143114253
- Physical Description: print434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, c2008.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-415) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.