Five Hundred African Voices: A Catalog of Published Accounts by Africans Enslaved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1586-1936 (Lightning Rod Press) - Softcover

Fogleman, Aaron Spencer; Hanserd, Robert

 
9781606189269: Five Hundred African Voices: A Catalog of Published Accounts by Africans Enslaved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1586-1936 (Lightning Rod Press)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1606189263 ISBN 13: 9781606189269
Publisher: The American Philosophical Society Press, 2022

Synopsis

The importance of published accounts by African slave ship survivors is well-known but not their existence in large numbers. This volume catalogs nearly 500 discrete accounts and more than 2,500 printings of them over four centuries in numerous Atlantic languages. Short biographies of each African, print histories of the complete or partial life story, URL, and QR code links to the full text, maps, images, and more makes this volume an invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, students, and others wishing to study transatlantic slavery using African voices. Illus.

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Publisher
The American Philosophical Society Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1606189263
ISBN 13 
9781606189269
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
560