The slave ship : a human history
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-415) and index. |
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New York :
Viking,
2007.
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| ISBN: | 9780670018239 0670018236 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.