The Slave Ship
A Human History
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Military, Americas, United States
| Author: | Marcus Rediker | ISBN: | 9781440620843 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | October 4, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marcus Rediker |
| ISBN: | 9781440620843 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | October 4, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Language: | English |
“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.
“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.
