The Slave Ship: A Human History

"Masterly."--Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review

In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the floating dungeons at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Rediker, Marcus
Published: 10/01/2008
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143114253
Pages: 434
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.48w x 1.02d