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“Masterly.”—Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. 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.
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"I was hardly prepared for the profound emotional impact of The Slave Ship: A Human History. 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."
— Alice Walker
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Masterly.
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Searingly brilliant.
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The Slave Ship is the best of histories, deeply researched, brilliantly formulated, and morally informed.
— Ira Berlin, author of Many Thousands Gone
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About Marcus Rediker
Marcus Rediker is a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Slave Ship: A Human History, winner of the George Washington Book Prize and the Merle Curti Award, and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic.
About Cornell Womack
Cornell Womack is an American actor, songwriter, and voice artist best known for his recurring role as Richard on the television drama series Rescue Me. He is also known for his voice-over work on the video games Prototype 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, True Crime, and Far Cry.