Books

1. The Slave Ship: A Human History

   

   
   

   Marcus Rediker - 2008
   

   Draws on three decades of research to chart the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest ...

2. Slave Ships and Slaving

   

   
   

   George Francis Dow - 2002
   

   Extraordinary collection of commentaries by ships' doctors and captains, as well as written testimonies for a parliamentary committee investigating the slave trade.

3. Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807

   

   
   

   Emma Christopher - 2006
   

   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.

4. Slave ship: the story of the Henrietta Marie

   

   
   

   George Sullivan - 1994
   

   Describes the discovery and study of a slave ship that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in the eighteenth century

5. Stalin's Slave Ships: Kolyma, the Gulag Fleet, and the Role of the ...

   

   
   

   Martin J. Bollinger - 2003
   

   Bollinger details the unwitting role that the U.S. played in the transport of forced laborers to the infamous Kolyma Gulag.

6. From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an ...

   

   
   

   James H. Johnston - 2012
   

   Reveals the life and history of Yarrow Mamout and the subsequent generations of his family, linking their lives to the changing American landscape.

7. Life on an African slave ship

   

   
   

   Joseph Kleinman, Eileen Kurtis-Kleinman - 2000

   Explores the history of the slave trade between African and America, providing information about how slaves were captured, life aboard the slave ships, how the sale of slaves was executed, and what occurred after the sale.

8. The slave ship Fredensborg

   

   
   

   Leif Svalesen - 2000
   

   Provides details of life aboard the Danish slave ship Fredensborg, which sank off the coast of Norway in 1768.

9. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road

   Julius Lester - 2008
   

   Paintings portray the story of slavery from its beginnings, and are accompanied by literary interpretations.

10. Transatlantic Slavery: Against Human Dignity

    

    
    

    Anthony Tibbles - 2005
    

    Published to accompany a permanent gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Transatlantic Slavery documents this era through essays on women in slavery, the impact of slavery on West and Central Africa, and the African view of the slave ...