Saltwater slavery
Subtitle: a middle passage from Africa to American diaspora
By: Stephanie E. Smallwood.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780674030688
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century.; Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions -- 17th century.; Slaves -- 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.
Notes: Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Gold Coast and the Atlantic market in people; title: Turning African captives into Atlantic commodities; title: The political economy of the slave ship; title: The anomalous intimacies of the slave cargo; title: The living dead aboard the slave ship at sea; title: Turning Atlantic commodities into American slaves; title: Life and death in Diaspora.