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This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Saltwater Slavery is animated by deep research and gives us a graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the slaves themselves. The result is both a remarkable transatlantic view of the culture of enslavement, and a painful, intimate vision of the bloody, daily business of the slave trade.
Saltwater Slavery is a good introduction to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the commodification of African bodies. It's a bit repetitive, however, for those familiar with the topic.
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora | 
