About this title: Much is known of the American slave trade, but little of the ships that had made it all possible. Award-winning historian Rediker draws on 30 years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN-13:9780143114253ISBN:0143114255
Description: New. Great Bargain Book Buy. New unread soft sover from publisher's overstock. Illustrated with historic prints. Nice tight book. Text is unmarked. May have a publishers mark on bottom fore edge (does not interfere with text) and no other marks. Packaged carefully and sent promptly with free tracking number in US. Gift Messaging available. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking; Penguin, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780670018239ISBN:0670018236
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 434 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., maps, bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Back hinge bumped at the crown/spine. Dust jacket, nicked once, protected in a mylar book cover. "For three centuries slave ships carted millions of people from the coasts of Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas. Much is known of the slave trade and the American plantation system, but little of the ships that made it all possible. In The ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN-13:9780143114253ISBN:0143114255
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780143114253ISBN:0143114255
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Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Date Published: 2007-10-31
ISBN-13:9781400104796ISBN:1400104793
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781400104796. read more
"certainly no, Lose Your Mother, but one of the "best" (most devastating) portrayals of the the world created through the Middle Passage. Rediker understands that the temporality of slavery is our own and describes the humans that created the world we inherited. his attention to the humans of these stories and their lives and deaths is remarkable, especially for a book that so closely reflects the racist, capitalist world of now.
read also: Saidiya Hartman's Lose Your Mother Nathan Huggins' Black Odyssey"
"This was a good book if for no other reason then it addresses a seldom talked about aspect of history. The author approached the slave ship from the perspective of the captains, the crew, the merchants, the slaves, and abolitionists. He told lots and lots of stories, which brought their experiences to life, and took all of his stories (seemingly) from first hand accounts. I can not put into words, though, why I didn't love this book. It could have been as simple as his writing style didn't have much imagination. It could also have been that I thought the narrator on the audio book was dry, as I listened to this one.
I thought that his conclusion, where he attempted to rally modern readers into taking action to redress the wounds of the slave trade was weak and inconclusive. He didn't really come up with a tangible solution, and praised the steps that the US and Britain had taken so far, but for what we should do beyond that, just told a story of African slaves caring for their one time guards and said we should take their example. I wasn't exactly sure what he meant by that, besides be kind to each other and forgive? It felt like a weak attempt to get political without being able to offer a real solution, and I thought it detracted from the rest of the book.
Aside from the epilogue, it was a fantastic learning experience and my hat is off to him for writing it."
"Incredible book that shifts historical categories of "slave," "slave ship captain", "slave ship crew," and so on into the real people they were. This is truly a HUMAN history and will change the perception of people who read this remarkable narrative."
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