Much is known of the slave trade and the american plantation system, but little of the ships that made it all possible. Synopsis the slave ship was the instrument of historys greatest forced migration and a key to the origins and growth of global capitalism, yet much of its history remains unknown. A human history, a meticulously researched work, marcus rediker, a maritime historian at the university of pittsburgh, has drawn the slave ship out of the shadows, creating a. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Not ones first thought about a slave ship, but why not. But for the nimble singer and dancer the sailors had the highest esteem. For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of africa across the atlantic to the new world. Slave ship simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of taking slaves, especially newly captured african slaves to the americas. A human history by marcus rediker table of contents 1 table of contents 2 introduction 3 thesis statement 3 the slave ship. Okay, i want to talk to you today about the slave ship. The slave ship questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on the slave. How many of you can remember any significant public event marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade by the united states government in the year 2008.
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In the slave ship, awardwinning historian marcus rediker draws on thirty years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. Rediker approaches this book in a four prong approach. Marcus rediker, a preeminent historian the maritime atlantic, unravels its history with unmatched knowledge of the material changes and moral ruptures its created. In 1781 the slave ship zong was hauling 470 slavesmore than the ship could handle. The slave ship by marcus rediker overdrive rakuten.
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