Title Saltwater slavery : a middle passage from Africa to American diaspora / Stephanie E. Smallwood

Edition First Harvard University Press paperback edition Published Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (273 pages) Contents The Gold Coast and the Atlantic market in people -- Turning African captives into Atlantic commodities -- The political economy of the slave ship -- The anomalous intimacies of the slave cargo -- The living dead aboard the slave ship at sea -- Turning Atlantic commodities into American slaves -- Life and death in Diaspora Summary 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 Notes Originally published: 2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-256) and index Notes Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Print version record Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- 17th century Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 17th century Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 18th century Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 17th century Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 18th century African diaspora. Africans -- Migrations -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) African diaspora Africans -- Migrations Slave trade Slavery Enslaved persons -- Social conditions Africa United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674043770 0674043774

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