Such is my prejudice that i imagine telegraph readers coming to redikers work not to be educated about the shaping of race and class in the western hemisphere by the atlantic slave trade but to bask in reminiscences about the source of their wealth or. Wage book for the slave trading ship fox captained by robert mitchell. But it goes beyond the tragic event itself to discuss. I was hoping for a book that would really capture the essence and emotion of life aboard a slave ship. Descendant of last survivor of final slave ship to travel. Slave ship sailors and their captive cargoes, 17301807 despite the vast literature on the transatlantic slave trade, the role of sailors aboard slave ships has remained unexplored. Nmaahc 1400 constitution ave nw, national mall location, concourse 3, c3 053. In 1794, the portuguese slave ship sao jose wrecked with 400 slaves aboard.
But the book keeps a sharp focus on the microcosm of the vast machine. The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Review of the slave ship by marcus rediker the lakefront. An interview with marcus rediker an interview with marcus rediker the slave ship was a central institution of slave trade and slavery. The arrival of 20 and odd enslaved africans in 1619 has been called the beginning of u. Slave ship sailors and their captive cargoes, 17301807. Now her living grandchildren are learning of her life and legacy. Clotilda, americas last slave ship, stole them from home. The last slave ship survivor and her descendants identified at age two, she was among the youngest captives on the clotilda.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the slave ship. Leaving from its home port in europe, a typical ship made its first passage to the west coast of africa, trading goods for a full cargo of slavespeople who had. The human cargo was then transported back to africa. The brookes was a large ship, measuring 100 feet in length and 27 feet in width. The cover of my edition of marcus redikers the slave ship features a quote from the sunday telegraph describing it as a truly magnificent book. This diagram of the brookes slave ship is probably the most widely copied and powerful image used by the abolitionist campaigners.
In 1860, an illegal bet brought the last known captive africans to u. The height between the decks where the slaves were stowed was about 5 feet, 8 inches. This is quite an interesting and informative book about a horrible mass murder aboard a slave ship in 1781. Clotilda, last american slave ship, discovered in alabama. Slave ships and the middle passage encyclopedia virginia.
The epitome of british naval power and the creation. Rediker also chosen to examine participation in the slave trade by france, the netherlands, portugal, and spain, this book would have been three or four. African blockade,from april to october 1848 london. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, the slave ship is. West africa, where 148 african people were enslaved and brought aboard. It depicts the ship loaded to its full capacity 454 people crammed into the hold. A tale of revolt aboard a slave ship hendrick, george, hendrick, willene on. Book will recount the bitter human drama aboard slave ships. This is more of a detached intellectual discussion to me. Captive africans are taken by boat to the slave ship clotilda in 1860. You forget that this workforce, devoid of any working class consciousness, shall only serve to launch the latest edition of slave trade. Through evocative language, fluid narration, poignant.
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