Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
Mariners
ISBN 10: 1588340171 ISBN 13: 9781588340177
Published by Smithsonian Books, 2002
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This important book considers a number of different aspects of the slave trade: its social and economic basis, why many African leaders facilitated the slave trade, and how enslaved African Americans forged their own cultures and forever changed the Americas. The physical, social, and enduring emotional meaning of the Middle Passage is explored, as is the history and legacy of the abolitionist movement and the struggle for racial justice. Included are rare engravings, published here for the first time, of slave forts along the west coast of Africa, a Colombian postage stamp honoring Jesuit priest Fray Pedro Claver, known as the “apostle of the Negroes” for his kindness, and much more.
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Title: Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave ...
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket