Saltwater Slavery A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

Name: Saltwater Slavery A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
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ISBN: 9780674030688

ISBN-10: 0674030680

ISBN-13: 9780674030688

Edition: 2007

Authors: Stephanie E. Smallwood

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This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Smallwood's story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the slaves themselves. Ultimately, Saltwater Slavery details how African people were transformed into Atlantic commodities in the process. She begins her narrative on the shores of seventeenth-century Africa, tracing how the trade in human bodies came to define…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Liam Matthew Brockey is Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University.Stephanie E. Smallwood teaches History at the University of Washington, Seattle.



Introduction



The Gold Coast and the Atlantic Market for People



Turning African Captives into Atlantic Commodities



The Political Economy of the Slave Ship



The Anomalous Intimacies of the Slave Cargo



The Living Dead aboard the Slave Ship at Sea



Turning Atlantic Commodities into American Slaves



Life and Death in Diaspora


Conclusion: Saltwater Slavery in Memory and History


Notes


Index