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Marcus Rediker

Autor von The slave ship. A human history

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Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh and Senior Research Fellow at the Collge d'tudes mondiales in Paris. His books include The Many-Headed Hydra, Villains of All Nations, The Slave Ship, The Amistad Rebellion, and Outlaws of the Atlantic. mehr anzeigen Rediker is also the producer of the prize-winning documentary film Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels (Tony Buba, director). He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. weniger anzeigen
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FILBO | 6 weitere Rezensionen | May 2, 2024 |
Un libro da leggere da chi, per qual si voglia motivo, voglia comprendere come è nato il mondo moderno. Spesso la fiumana del progresso ha travolto affascinanti culture libertarie e solidali.
 
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martinoalbonetti | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 8, 2023 |
Rediker employed numerous resources to write this work that helps the reader understand the slave trade from start to end. Who contracted to build and ready a ship to be a floating prison. How found and who were the people who crewed these death ships? Who captained them? How were they paid? Where and how did they get the slaves? How was this human cargo maintained on the"middle passage"? How many made it to land, slaves and sailors, and in what condition? What happened to those who made land? Who fought to keep the slave ships, and who fought to outlaw them? This author answers all these questions with an objectively drawn account.… (mehr)
 
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burritapal | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 23, 2022 |
Lay was born in 1682 in Essex, England. His philosophies, employments, and places of residence—spanning England, Barbados, Philadelphia, and the open seas—were markedly diverse over the course of his life. He worked as a shepherd, glove maker, sailor, and bookseller. His worldview was an astonishing combination of Quakerism, vegetarianism, animal rights, opposition to the death penalty, and abolitionism. (Amazon.com)
 
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