The Slave Ship: A Human History

Type

Book

Authors

Rediker ( Marcus Rediker )

ISBN 10

0143114255

ISBN 13

9780143114253

Tags

Africa, Slavery & Emancipation, History, African-American Studies, Discrimination & Racism

Description

In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the ?floating dungeons? at the forefront of the birth of African American culture. - from Amzon

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