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Author:

Smallwood, Stephanie E.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

273 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--United States--History--17th century.
Slavery--United States--History--18th century.
Slaves--United States--Social conditions--17th century.
Slaves--United States--Social conditions--18th century.
Slave trade--United States--History--17th century.
Slave trade--United States--History--18th century.
Slave trade--Africa--History--17th century.
Slave trade--Africa--History--18th century.
African diaspora.
Africans--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

ISBN:

9780674023499
0674023498

OCLC:

(OCoLC)67361507

LCCN:

2006043511

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)