The Slave Ship: A Human History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143114253)

"Masterly."--Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review

In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the "floating dungeons" at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.

Author: Marcus Rediker
ISBN-10: 0143114255
ISBN-13: 9780143114253
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.48w x 1.02d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 52