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The slave ship : a human history
Author
Title
The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.
ISBN
9780670018239
0670018236
Published
New York : Viking, 2007.
Physical Description
434 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 16, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-415) and index.
Contents
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
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Illustration sources and credits.
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