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Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Stephanie E. Smallwood
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Description for Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Paperback. Offers a look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTM; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
333g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674030688
SKU
V9780674030688
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About Stephanie E. Smallwood
Stephanie E. Smallwood is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Reviews for Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
This deeply researched, tightly focused, and skillfully evocative look at the Atlantic slave trade, 1675-1725, details the experience of crossing the ocean - an ordeal fatal to many of the slaves who were forced to undertake it. - The Atlantic In this stark depiction of slaves and their 'utter alienation from the most basic norms of everyday life,' ... Read more