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The Slave Ship

A Human History

A Human History

A Human History

By Marcus Rediker

By Marcus Rediker

By Marcus Rediker

By Marcus Rediker

By Marcus Rediker
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By Marcus Rediker
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Category: U.S. History

Category: U.S. History

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Paperback $20.00

Sep 30, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114253

Ebook $11.99

Oct 04, 2007 | ISBN 9781440620843

Audiobook Download $25.00

Jan 21, 2025 | 931 Minutes

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    About The Slave Ship

    “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.

    About The Slave Ship

    “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.

    About The Slave Ship

    “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.

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    About Marcus Rediker

    Marcus Rediker is the Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship. He lives in Pittsburgh.

    About Marcus Rediker

    Marcus Rediker is the Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship. He lives in Pittsburgh.

    About Marcus Rediker

    Marcus Rediker is the Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship. He lives in Pittsburgh.

    Product Details

    Category: U.S. History

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Sep 30, 2008 | 464 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143114253

    Category: U.S. History

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 04, 2007 | 448 Pages | ISBN 9781440620843

    Category: U.S. History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jan 21, 2025 | 931 Minutes | ISBN 9798217077779

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    Praise

    “Masterly.”—Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review

    “Searingly brilliant.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

    “ I was hardly prepared for the profound emotional impact of The Slave Ship: A Human History. Reading it established a transformative and never to be severed bond with my African ancestors who were cargo in slave ships over a period of four centuries.”—Alice Walker

    “ The Slave Ship is the best of histories, deeply researched, brilliantly formulated, and morally informed.”—Ira Berlin, author of Many Thousands Gone

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