ASIN: B00XZ0SC0C
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 55
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the slave trade written by British sailors and former slaves*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The deck, that is the floor of their rooms, was so covered with the blood and mucus which had proceeded from them in consequence of the flux, that it resembled a slaughter-house. It is not in the power of the human imagination to picture a situation more dreadful or disgusting. Numbers of the slaves having fainted, they were carried upon deck where several of them died and the rest with great difficulty were restored. It had nearly proved fatal to me also.” – Dr. Alexander Falconbridge, an 18th century British surgeonIt has often been said that the greatest invention of all time was the sail, which facilitated the internationalization of the globe and thus ushered in the modern era. Columbus’ ...
