Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

by Stephanie E. Smallwood

Paperback, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

Slavery / Smallwood

Genres

Collection

Slavery

Publication

Harvard University Press (2008), Edition: 11/15/08, 288 pages

Description

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 slaves themselves.

Call number

Slavery / Smallwood

Tags

Slave TRade, Slavery, Slaves--Social Conditions, United States, Africa, African Diaspora, Africans--Migrations

Language

English

Subjects

ISBN

9780674030688

Awards

Frederick Douglass Book Prize (First Prize — 2008)

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