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The Slave Ship

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“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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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 4, 2007

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781440620843
  • Release date: October 4, 2007

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781440620843
  • File size: 35735 KB
  • Release date: October 4, 2007

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Kindle Book
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Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1290
Text Difficulty:10-12

“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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