Items related to The Middle Passage (A Peculiar History)
From the Inside Flap:
One day sixteen-year-old Boyrereau Brinch decided to go swimming with a bunch of his friends at a nearby river. After giving his mother a hug and receiving instructions from his father to behave himself, Brinch dashed off. Little did the teenager know he would never again see his village, his parents, or his brothers and sisters. At the river, Brinch was kidnapped, marched hundreds of miles to the coast of West Africa, and forced naked onto a ship bound for the New World, where he would face a life of toil as an enslaved man. Brinch's true story opens this book, which chronicles the forced transatlantic shipment of millions of African men, women, and children to the New World. More than a million Africans died aboard tightly packed, unsanitary slave ships during the Atlantic slave trade. Millions more endured the pain of whips and chains and the agony of sickness and disease aboard these vessels. They were stripped not only of their freedom but of their families, their identity, and their dignity. The only thing that could be worse than a life of slavery in the New World was the hellish voyage to get there. This is one of the saddest tales in human history, the story of the infamous Middle Passage
From School Library Journal:
Gr 9 Up—This work shows the horrific journey that either delivered people to slavery or ended their lives. Referencing the transatlantic trade of kidnapped and enslaved African people to the New World in the title, Aretha paints a vivid portrait of the harrowing journeys that the captured people were forced to endure. Making good use of primary sources, he details the origins of the slave trade by discussing the historical use of slavery, describing the relationship between Africans and Europeans, and through first-person accounts. With a compelling format, the author illustrates the dehumanizing conditions and treatment suffered by enslaved Africans during their passage to the New World while explaining the details of the economics that drove investors, captains, and crews to participate in these savage acts. In addressing how the transatlantic slave trade impacted individuals and the world economy, Aretha has shed light on an aspect of slavery that is often the least detailed in current accounts. An excellent academic resource for high school students, this text would pair nicely with Tom Feelings's The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (Dial, 1995) for additional emotional impact.—Amanda Augsburger, Moline Public Library, IL
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherMorgan Reynolds Pub
- ISBN 10 159935408X
- ISBN 13 9781599354088
- BindingLibrary Binding
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want