{"product_id":"the-slave-ship-a-human-history-9780143114253","title":"The Slave Ship: A Human History","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Masterly.\"--Adam Hochschild, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Slave Ship\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rediker, Marcus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143114253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.48w x 1.02d","brand":"Marcus Rediker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39539241943115,"sku":"9780143114253","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_06df247a-ce4a-4286-9f51-2edc7a313798.jpg?v=1633439596","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-slave-ship-a-human-history-9780143114253","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}