Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

Title: Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Author: Stephanie E Smallwood
I: 1709627
ISBN: 9780674023499
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Section: History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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 17th Century Africa, tracing how the trade in human bodies came to define the life of the Gold Coast. Smallwood takes us into the ports and stone fortresses where African captives were held and prepared, and then through the Middle Passage itself.