Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807

By: Emma Christopher

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Hardcover | 3 April 2006

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Despite the vast literature on the transatlantic slave trade, the role of sailors aboard slave ships has remained unexplored. This book fills that gap by examining every aspect of their working lives, from their reasons for signing on a slaving vessel, to their experiences in the Caribbean and the American South after their human cargoes had been sold. It explores how they interacted with men and women of African origin at their ports of call, from the Africans they traded with, to the free black seamen who were their crewmates, to the slaves and ex-slaves they mingled with in the port cities of the Americas. Most importantly, it questions their interactions with the captive Africans they were transporting during the dread middle passage, arguing that their work encompassed the commoditisation of these people ready for sale.

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'This work provides an excellent account that fills glaring gaps in our historical understanding of the slave trade and the maritime experiences of all those who suffered at its hands. Nautical Archaeology

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Non-Fiction History Specific Events & Topics in History Slavery & Abolition of Slavery Maritime History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History

Preface
Introduction
Sailors and Slave Ships
Slaving merchants and merchant seamen
The multiracial crews of slave ships
The bloody rise of Western freedom
The Slaving Voyage
Life in the white man's grave
Sea changes
Lives for sale
Conclusion
Black sailors on Liverpool slave ships, 1794-1805
Black sailors on Bristol slave ships, 1748-1795
Black sailors on Rhode Island slave ships, 1803-1807
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