The slave ship was a machine that manufactured modernity. Pdf colloquy with marcus rediker on the slave ship. The slave ship is the fourth book written by marcus rediker, a prizewinning american historian of the earlymodern era and the atlantic world and a distinguished professor of history at the university of pittsburgh. By 1807, more than ninemillion africans in shackles, manacles, neck rings, locks and chains had been carried to new world plantations, a crime impossible without ships, the most complex machines of the age, turned for this evil purpose. A human history by marcus rediker find, read and cite all. As it moved across the atlantic, the world changed. Forced migration and the making of the modern world, ed. Atlantic pirates in the golden age beacon pressverso 2004.
Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Such is my prejudice that i imagine telegraph readers coming to redikers work not to be educated about the shaping of race and class in the western hemisphere by the atlantic slave trade but to bask in reminiscences about the source. Along with peter linebaugh, he coauthored one of the best accounts of emergent capitalism in the countries that surrounded that ocean. But for the nimble singer and dancer the sailors had the highest esteem. A unique account of the most successful slave rebellion in american history, now updated with a new epiloguefrom the awardwinning author of the slave ship in this powerful and highly original account, marcus rediker reclaims the amistad rebellion for its true proponents. Between the devil and the deep blue sea 1987, who built america. Slave ship sailors like butterworth usually detested the captains favorites as they were required to be snitches. I was hardly prepared for the profound emotional impact of the slave ship. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the slave ship, awardwinning historian marcus rediker draws on thirty years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks.
The slave ship by marcus rediker is a great fiction novel that describes the horrifying experiences of africans, seamen, and captains on their journey through the middle passage. Marcus rediker talked about his book the slave ship. In his book he documents the history of the american. The cover of my edition of marcus redikers the slave ship features a quote from the sunday telegraph describing it as a truly magnificent book. Rediker approaches this book in a four prong approach. Slaveship sailors like butterworth usually detested the captains favorites as they were required to be snitches. Marcus rediker born 1951 in owensboro, kentucky is an american professor, historian, writer, and activist for a variety of peace and social justice causes. Oconnor film award, american historical association best documentary of 2015 for ghosts of amistad chancellors distinguished research award, senior scholar category, university of pittsburgh 2014. The middle passage marked the water way in the atlantic ocean between africa and the americas. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Historians generally agree that by the end of the crossatlantic slavetrade, approximately 14,000,000 men, women and children had been abducted, but only 9,000,000 arrived in the caribbean islands, brazil, the united states, or elsewhere to the west. But always, the slave trade, which transported more than. In this eloquent and deeply provocative new book, marcus rediker synthesizes a vast body of recent.
Auburn is one of americas oldest and most infamous prisons. The slave ship book cover for more than three centuries slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of africa across the atlantic to the. University of maryland college park, department of anthropology. An ethnography of the slave ship helps to demonstrate not only the cruel truth of what one group of people or several was willing to do to others for money or, better, capital but also how they managed in crucial respects to hide the reality and consequences of their actions from themselves and from posterity rediker 2007. A human history by marcus rediker find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Marcus rediker for more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of africa to the new world. How did you get the idea of writing a book on the slave ship. Marcus rediker is one of two historians of the revolutionary atlantic. This book traces the tale of the slave from capture, through a torturous journey across africa and the final chapter, transported across the atlantic ending in the beginning of hell to millions of black africans. Much is known of the slave trade and the american plantation system, but little of the ships that made it all possible. In the slave ship, rediker highlights the horrific conditions endured by slaves transported from africa to america between 1700 and 1807 aboard the slave ships.
Rediker looks not at that bigger picture but at the slave ship itself, as a microeconomy where the captain was chief executive, jailer, accountant, paymaster and disciplinarian, exercising these. A human history, african diaspora archaeology newsletter. In his most recent book, the slave ship, marcus rediker mentions by name some 99 slave ships and often recounts facts and incidents a bout them. Making the slave ship real, historian rediker historyuniv. Review of the slave ship by marcus rediker the lakefront. In the slave ship, awardwinning historian marcus rediker draws on thirty years of research in. Marcus rediker department of history university of.
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, awardwinning scholar marcus rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the british and american. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand. A human history by marcus rediker article pdf available in transforming anthropology 172. Marcus rediker has written or cowritten five books.
The slave ship a human history vikingpenguin 2007 many middle passages. Former slave olaudah equiano, repentant ship captain john newton, and the lesswellknown. It joined europe, africa, and the americas, creating enormous wealth and untold misery, and its hellish voyages continue to cast a shadow over our lives. The slave merchants, captains and tavern keepers would conspire to run sailors into debt, and they would either be thrown in.
Marcus rediker in this widely praised history of an infamous institution, awardwinning scholar marcus rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the british and american slave ships of the eighteenth. Here, the author creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama. Marcus rediker the new chairman of the pitt history department is an acknowledged master of maritime life in the 1700s and has written previous books on merchant seamen, naval crewmen and pirates. The manyheaded hydra 2000, villains of all nations 2004 and the slave ship. The most radical form of resistance described by rediker in his book is the bombing of the entire ship by revolted african bodies.
The idea for this book first came to me while i was visiting someone on death row. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Rediker illustrates the horrendous conditions that the slaves endured by reproducing a 1787 drawing of the slave ship brooks. A human history, a meticulously researched work, marcus rediker, a maritime historian at the university of pittsburgh, has drawn the slave ship out of the shadows, creating a. The missing link in the chain of american slavery for three centuries slave ships carted millions of people from the coasts of africa across the atlantic to the americas. The slave ship by marcus rediker is a scholarly story of the middle passage. She was universally respected by the ships company. Reading it established a transformative and never to be severed bond with my african ancestors who were cargo in slave ships over a period of four centuries. The slave merchants, captains and tavern keepers would conspire to run sailors into debt, and they would either be thrown in jail or sold directly to the slave ship captain. Get ebooks the slave ship on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. In the slave ship, awardwinning historian marcus rediker draws on 30 years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. According to rediker, slavery was especially profitable in the eighteenth century, and great britain and america moved millions of africans to develop the new world. The reasons they served on slave ship voyages were many and complicated. The slave ship focuses on the socalled golden age of the slave trade, the period of 17001808, when more than six million people were transported out of africa, most of them on british and american ships, across the atlantic, to slave on new world plantations.
The work seeks to offer a new perspective on the slave trade by focusing on the slave ship itself, which, rediker claims, despite the immense recent outpouring of studies of the slave trade, has remained a neglected topic p. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the slave ship. The use of slaves provided a great economy for the european. The slave ship by marcus rediker, 9780143114253, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Marcus rediker distinguished professor of atlantic history university of pittsburgh selected honors and awards. Seamen could expect little relief from the law, whose purpose in the eighteenthcentury atlantic was, according to jesse lemisch, to assure a ready supply of cheap, docile labor. M arcus rediker attempts to solve the problem of how to write the biography of millions by combining. The slave trade was a moment in human history that is almost unparalleled in suffering. Download the slave ship a human history in pdf and epub formats for free. Much is known of the slave trade and the american plantation complex, but little of the ships that made it all possible. His latest work, is a study of the slave trade, examined through the historical records and accounts of the people who built, crewed, and lived aboard the slave ships, as well as those. I have been involved as an activist against the death penalty for many years. The slave ship a human history book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading.
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