Saltwater slavery : a middle passage from Africa to American diaspora /

Stephanie Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Her story in animated by deep research and gives us a startingly graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the sla...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smallwood, Stephanie E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
1600-1799
Slavery > United States > History > 17th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions > 17th century.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions > 18th century.
Slave trade > United States > History > 17th century.
Slave trade > United States > History > 18th century.
Slave trade > Africa > History > 17th century.
Slave trade > Africa > History > 18th century.
African diaspora.
Africans > Migrations > History.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Esclaves > Commerce > États-Unis > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Esclaves > Commerce > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
Africains > Migrations > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Africans > Migrations.
Slave trade.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions.
Africa.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Gold Coast and the Atlantic market in people
  • Turning African captives into Atlantic commodities
  • The political economy of the slave ship
  • The anomalous intimacies of the slave cargo
  • The living dead aboard the slave ship at sea
  • Turning Atlantic commodities into American slaves
  • Life and death in Diaspora.

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