![]() ![]() Rediker restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, as a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern capitalism was made.-From publisher description Here, award-winning historian Rediker creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. ![]() For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. ![]()
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