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Saltwater Slavery - A Middle Passage From Africa to American Diaspora

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Stephanie E. Smallwood is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle. Klappentext In this stark depiction of slaves and their utter alienation from the most basic norms of everyday life, ' Smallwood simultaneously delivers a lucid popular history and expands scholarly understanding of slavery with a thorough, clear-eyed look at the dreaded Middle Passage and how it shaped the slave experience."Publishers Weekly" Zusammenfassung This bold! innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade! and the depths of its horrors. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Gold Coast and the Atlantic Market for People 2. Turning African Captives into Atlantic Commodities 3. The Political Economy of the Slave Ship 4. The Anomalous Intimacies of the Slave Cargo 5. The Living Dead aboard the Slave Ship at Sea 6. Turning Atlantic Commodities into American Slaves 7. Life and Death in Diaspora Conclusion: Saltwater Slavery in Memory and History Notes Index

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