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\*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 surgeon It 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’ contact with the New World, alongside European maritime contact with the Far East, transformed human history, and in particular the history of Africa. It was the sail that linked the continents of Africa and America, and thus it was also the sail that facilitated the greatest involuntary human

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Author

Charles River Editors

Publisher

Charles River Editors

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780330354370

Category

history

Subjects

Business, Social Science, History

Rating

4.2 / 5 (169 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14