3 The Political Economy of the Slave Ship

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 The Gold Coast and the Atlantic Market in People 9
5. 2 Turning African Captives into Atlantic Commodities 33
6. 3 The Political Economy of the Slave Ship 65
7. 4 The Anomalous Intimacies of the Slave Cargo 101
8. 5 The Living Dead aboard the Slave Ship at Sea 122
9. 6 Turning Atlantic Commodities into American Slaves 153
10. 7 Life and Death in Diaspora 182
11. Notes 209
12. Acknowledgments 257
13. Index 263