4.6 out of 5 stars 381. In August 1839, what appeared to be a listless pirate ship, unidentified by any flag, was spotted off the North Atlantic coast of the United States. See all books The Slave Ship A Human History. The ship in the description for the historical times was the “slave ship” that formed different imagery elements for further literal analysis by readers. THE HUMAN FACTOR IN AN INHUMAN TRADE The Slave Ship itself is the focus of Marcus Redikers well written and thoughtful book on the British and American slave trade of the 18th Century: the ships themselves, the people who owned them, their captains, officers and ordinary sailors aswell as the enslaved Africans. 12 Years a Slave Solomon Northup. The slave ship haunted the writers of its day, just as it was haunting entire societies both then and now. In view of all the news coverage of BLM I decided to read this book. Buy, Oct 04, 2007 Below decks, in a hold overflowing with degradation and death, is Osai Adoko, a proud Ashanti warrior who waits to prove that chains do not make a man a slave. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. An excellent book that graphically but humanely describes the environment of the slavers that plied the Atlantic in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Occasionally repetitive, since quoting the same testimony for different points of view. What a horrible way to end an otherwise good work. Thesis Statement This essay intends to explore the entirety of the book and the facts presented in “The Slave Ship: A Human History” by Marcus Rediker and tries to present a review of the text. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The author gets politically liberal and calls for reparations. Tom Henderson Wells, The Slave Ship Wanderer (Athens: … The Slave Ship: A Human History: A Review Slaves were common phenomena in the … To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The Slave Ship, originally titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhon coming on, is a painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner, first exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts in 1840. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2019. Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017. | ISBN 9781440620843 This violence touched not only the slaves, but also those the crews of these vessels. He lives in Pittsburgh. $16.21 #40. Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage, Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora, Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage (New Black Studies Series), Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America, Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, American History: Connecting with the Past Volume 1, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. 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. Rediker approaches this book in a four prong approach. 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