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Author Smallwood, Stephanie E.

Title Saltwater slavery : a middle passage from Africa to American diaspora / Stephanie E. Smallwood.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Edition 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Description 1 online resource (273 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Originally published: 2007.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-256) and index.
Contents The Gold Coast and the Atlantic market in people -- Turning African captives into Atlantic commodities -- The political economy of the slave ship -- The anomalous intimacies of the slave cargo -- The living dead aboard the slave ship at sea -- Turning Atlantic commodities into American slaves -- Life and death in Diaspora.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Enslaved persons.
Social conditions.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slave trade.
Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 18th century.
Africa.
African diaspora.
African diaspora.
Africans -- Migrations -- History.
Africans -- Migrations.
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Smallwood, Stephanie E. Saltwater slavery. 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008 9780674030688 0674030680 (OCoLC)221175553
ISBN 9780674043770 (electronic book)
0674043774 (electronic book)
9780674030688 (paperback)
0674030680 (paperback)