"The Slave Ship - A Human History"

For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of kidnapped Africans across the Atlantic in a "wooden world" where crew and captives alike lived with the ever-present fear of shipwreck, epidemics and hungry sharks.  As a cruel instrument of commerce, the slave ship helped to shape the New World.  In this initimate history a light shines into the darkest corner of the slave ship and a vivid tale of suffering and survival emerges.  Includes 16 pages of black & white photographs of period prints, paintings and maps.

Paperback.  434 pages.