Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

by Stephanie E. Smallwood

Book Overview

This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market.

Smallwood's story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674030680
• ISBN13: 9780674030688
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"