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Emma Christopher - Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807

Av Emma Christopher

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Despite the vast literature on the transatlantic slave trade, the role of sailors aboard slave ships has remained unexplored. This book fills that gap by examining every aspect of their working lives, from their reasons for signing on a slaving vessel, to their experiences in the Caribbean and the American South after their human cargoes had been sold. It explores how they interacted with men and women of African origin at their ports of call, from the Africans they traded with, to the free black seamen who were their crewmates, to the slaves and ex-slaves they mingled with in the port cities of the Americas. Most importantly, it questions their interactions with the captive Africans they were transporting during the dread middle passage, arguing that their work encompassed the commoditisation of these people ready for sale.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-04-03
  • Mått: 152 x 230 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 363 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 260
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521679664
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Emma Christopher is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Historical Studies, Monash University. She has held fellowships from Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut; the Huntington Library, California; the National Maritime Museum in London; and the Atlantic World Center at Harvard University. She has published articles in Atlantic Studies, the Journal of Australian Colonial Studies, and the Times Higher Education Supplement. She has travelled extensively in many parts of the world, including wide-ranging travels around areas of West Africa and the Caribbean mentioned in this work.

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'This work provides an excellent account that fills glaring gaps in our historical understanding of the slave trade and the maritime experiences of all those who suffered at its hands. Nautical Archaeology

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