The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker

The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker

From Captives to Shipmates and The Long Journey of the Slave Ship Brookes

Thesis Statement

For more than three centuries, slave ships have carried millions of people from the coastlines of Africa across tshe Atlantic to the America

Summary

Enlightenment writers such as Rediker, Montesquieu and Voltaire frequently spoke of slavery, Millet observes, but they tended to use it as a metaphor for political oppression in Europe while ignoring the cruelties of the French trade. Much like Northerners in Civil War-era America, French authors often trumpeted the cause of human liberty while turning ...