Slave ship
Subtitle: a human history
By: Marcus Rediker.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670018239
Subjects: Slave trade -- Africa -- History; Slaves; Merchant mariners; Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Life, death, and terror in the slave trade; title: The evolution of the slave ship; title: African paths to the middle passage; title: Olaudah Equiano: astonishment and terror; title: James Field Stanfi Eld and the floating dungeon; title: John Newton and the peaceful kingdom; title: The captain's own hell; title: The sailor's vast machine; title: From captives to shipmates; title: The long voyage of the slave ship brookes; title: Epilogue: endless passage; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.