Inhuman Traffick

Rafe Blaufarb

ISBN 10: 0199334072 / ISBN 13: 9780199334070

Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEM Dez 2014, 2014

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Neuware - The dramatic story of the slave ship Neirsee springs vividly to life in Rafe Blaufarb's graphic mircohistory, Inhuman Traffic. The story, set in the early nineteenth century, moves from the slave port of Old Calabar to the Caribbean and to the courts of Britain and France where the history of the illegal slave trade, slavery in the Caribbean, and diplomatic history all come into focus as Blaufarb follows the ship, its crew, and its captives. Students will be taken inby the vivid drawings and the rich narrative, but they will also find themselves immersed in an unusual learning experience. Blaufarb not only presents the history of the ship and captives, he takes the reader inside the project itself. He explains how he came upon the story, how he and his editorenvisioned the project, and how he worked with the illustrator Liz Clarke to craft the 350 'cells' that compose the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inhuman Traffick
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEM Dez 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199334072
• ISBN 13: 9780199334070
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Illustrator: Clarke, Liz
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 255W x 180H x 17D millimeters 255 millimeters width by 180 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 686 grams

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Synopsis

Inhuman Traffick tells for the first time a story of enslavement and freedom that spans the entire Atlantic world. Beginning in 1829 off the west coast of Africa with the recapture of the slave ship Neirsée--previously seized by the British Navy in its efforts to suppress the "inhuman traffick"--and ending with the liberation of the African passengers who had been sold into slavery in the French Caribbean, Rafe Blaufarb puts a human face on the history of the transatlantic slave trade and the efforts to suppress it. He addresses a neglected aspect of this tragic history in the wide geographical and thematic contexts in which it took place--Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean--and situates the story in familial, social, economic, diplomatic, and military spheres. Inhuman Traffick shows how history is done by explaining how the documents on which it is based moved through time and space from the ships, African outposts, colonial buildings, and ministerial offices to the archives of present-day Britain and France.

Blaufarb follows the ship, its crew, and its captives from the slave port of Old Calabar to the Caribbean and into the courts of Britain and France, where the history of the illegal slave trade, slavery in the Caribbean, and diplomatic history all come into focus. Students will be taken in by the vivid drawings and the rich narrative, but in Blaufarb's skilled hands, they will also find themselves immersed in a unique learning experience. Blaufarb not only presents the history of the ship and its captives, he takes the reader inside the project itself. He explains how he came upon the story, how he and his editor envisioned the project, and how he worked with illustrator Liz Clarke to craft more than 300 "cells" that comprise Part II of the book. He and Clarke even take the reader inside archives in France and Britain.

This powerful combination of historical essay, graphics, primary-source documents, and discussion questions gives students insight into the Atlantic World plantation complex, the transatlantic slave trade, and the process of historical storytelling itself.

About the Author

Rafe Blaufarb is Professor of History and the Ben Weider Eminent Scholar at Florida State University.

Liz Clarke is a professional illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa.