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The slave ship : a human history / Marcus Rediker.

Author/creator Rediker, Marcus
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Viking, 2007.
Description434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Slave trade--Africa --History.
Enslaved persons
Merchant mariners.
Race relations.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361-415) and index.
LCCN 2007018081
ISBN9780670018239
ISBN0670018236

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