The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.
The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.
By
:
Rediker, Marcus Buford.
Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
New York : Viking,
Physical Description
:
434 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term
:
Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
Enslaved persons.
Merchant mariners.
Race relations.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
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 reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the "floating dungeons" at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780670018239
9780739494424
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.362 R24 | Checked In |
Stephenville (WST) (Kindale) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 306.362 R24 | Checked In |