| The Slave Ship: A Human History Contributor(s): Rediker, Marcus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143114255 ISBN-13: 9780143114253 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Much is known of the American slave trade, but little of the ships that made it all possible. Award-winning historian Rediker draws on 30 years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | African American - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.48" W x 8.34" (0.87 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Masterly."--Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review 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. |