Saltwater slavery a middle passage from africa to american diaspora book

Saltwater slavery wikipedia saltwater slavery a middle passage from africa to american diaspora is a book by stephanie e smallwood and the 2008 winner of the frederick douglass book prize the book attempts to tell the story of enslaved africans through the accounts of the royal africa company rac from 1675 to 1725. Saltwater slavery a middle passage from africa to american. The anomalous intimacies of the slave cargo saltwater slavery. Smallwoods story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its african origins through the middle passage and into the american slave. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora, is a book that sought to explore and give new insight into the horrors of slavery. Smallwood explores the life and experience of the transatlantic slave. Smallwoods story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience of. Smallwood is a work of historical nonfiction that recreates the slave trade through the eyes of african slaves. The book attempts to tell the story of enslaved africans through the accounts of the royal africa company from 1675 to 1725. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide smallwood, stephanie e. This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the atlantic slave trade, and the depths of. This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Saltwater slavery succeeds in its primary objective of bringing the people aboard slave ships to life as subjects in american social history 3.

In this book, stephanie smallwood focuses on the socalled middle passage, the atlantic crossing that over twelve million enslaved africans were forced to. Africans and their descendants rebuilt their lives in the diaspora. Rent saltwater slavery a middle passage from africa to american diaspora 1st edition 9780674030688 and save up to 80% on textbook rentals and 90% on used textbooks. Brad austins course on slavery in new england, taught at salem state university, salem, massachusetts. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora, stephanie e.

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A middle passage from africa to american diaspora traces the forced migration of some 300,000 african captives who left the gold coast today ghana in the fifty year period from 1675 to 1725 aboard the slave ships bound for the english american colonies, and who later helped to form the african diaspora in the americas. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its african origins through the middle passage and into the american slave market. African diaspora archaeology newsletter volume 11 issue 1march 2008 article 29 312008 saltwater slavery. Smallwood sought to give a new history of american slavery starting in africa, and detailing how the horrors of crossing the atlantic, the commodification of slaves, and the captivity led to the creation of a diaspora.

Smallwood slave trade gold coast 16751725 englands royal african company the gold coast in the atlantic world contents the half century 16751725. Looking critically at saltwater slavery, means looking closely at the numerous aspects of migration from africa to america. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora, smallwood approaches this question by examining the journals, letters, and marginalia among the large archive of materials available from the royal african company between the years 1675 and 1725. Stephanie e smallwood smallwoods story gives us a graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the slaves themselves. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora examines precolonial slave trade narratives, with. Smallwood and the 2008 winner of the frederick douglass book prize. Ultimately, saltwater slavery details how african people were transformed into atlantic.

Lecturer stephanie smallwood is the dio richardson endowed professor in history at the university of washington and the author of the prizewinning book, saltwater slavery. Saltwater slavery is animated by deep research and gives us a graphic experience of the slave. Smallwoods study, the title of which is intended to distinguish the experiences of enslaved africans forced to cross the ocean from those born as slaves in the americas. Smallwood examines the interaction between europeans and africans in the gold coast slave trade during the seventeenth through eighteenth centuries. Black and white virginians in the making of liberia, and. Published in 2007, it won the 2008 frederick douglas book prize, awarded to the best book written in english regarding slavery or abolition. Smallwood and the 2008 winner of the frederick douglass. Seen in this context, the potential significance of smallwoods book can hardly be. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora by author and history professor stephanie e. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora cambridge. Slavery, race and the origins of american freedom youtube. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora 2007 historian stephanie smallwood describes in details garnered from the royal african companys business records and correspondence, the institutionalization of the slave trade on the gold coast of west africa. In this book, stephanie smallwood focuses on the socalled middle passage, the atlantic crossing that over twelve million enslaved africans were forced to take.

The middle passage has since become a metaphor for the sheer brutality and inhumanity of the slave trade. This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora by stephanie e smallwood 9sep2008 paperback on. Black and white virginians in the making of liberia. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora is a book by stephanie e. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora stephanie e. Stephanie e smallwood stephanie smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its african origins through the middle passage and into the american slave market. A middle passage from africa to american diaspora, paperback by smallwood, stephanie e.