Stand the Storm: A History of the Atlantic Slave Trade
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"A multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow," stripped naked, shaved, and crammed into the steaming holds of the vessels. Over a period of three centuries ten million slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas amidst appalling conditions that went unheeded until the social pressures of the nineteenth century put an end to the trade. Thousands died even...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1566630207
ISBN13:9781566630207
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 7.5"
Customer Reviews
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Balanced History of the slave trade
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Stand the storm takes the slave trade as whole Not blame on any one aspect but balancing the Historical facts.He deals with the slave trade as it was 200-400 years ago In a way that doesn't get into morals of today and lays blame if you want to call it that from the shores of africa to the shores of europe to North america in a way that that lets you understand the history of the slave trade its start its end and everything in between. It also doesn't get bogged down and is a easy read..
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