Saltwater Slavery : : A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora / / Stephanie E. Smallwood.
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....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Gold Coast and the Atlantic Market in 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
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index