Black Voyage: Eyewitness Accounts of the Atlantic Slave TradeThomas Howard An account of the slave trade between Africa and the New World, in the words of those involved. From the first reactions of a young black boy who is kidnapped and sold into slavery to the experience of a sailor on board a slave ship, this book tells us what happened. |
Contents
Map of West African Coast and Slave Trade Routes | 3 |
THE VOICE OF THE SLAVE | 19 |
THE SLAVE TRADER | 35 |
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