Umfang:
434 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Bildtafeln
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
,
21 cm
ISBN:
9780143114253
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0143114255
Inhalt:
For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, award-winning historian Rediker creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their decks
Anmerkung:
First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 2007
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Introduction -- Life, death, and terror in the slave trade -- The evolution of the slave ship -- African paths to the middle passage -- Olaudah Equiano : astonishment and terror -- James Field Stanfield and the floating dungeon -- John Newton and the peaceful kingdom -- The captain's own hell -- The sailor's vast machine -- From captives to shipmates -- The long voyage of the slave ship Brooks -- Epilogue: endless passage
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Großbritannien
;
USA
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Geschichte 1700-1808
;
USA
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Geschichte 1700-1808
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018081.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2007018081-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2007018081-d.html
Mehr zum Autor:
Rediker, Marcus 1951-
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