"The Slave Ship" (by Marcus Rediker)

"The Slave Ship" by Marcus Rediker explores the brutal and chaotic environment aboard 19th-century slave ships. It highlights the ship's crew, often pirates or criminals, who managed the inhumane transport of enslaved Africans. Rediker emphasizes the ship as a site of violence, dehumanization, and rebellion, revealing how racial, economic, and social forces fueled brutality. The book also examines the ship’s space as a microcosm of wider Atlantic struggles, illustrating how the harsh maritime world shaped the experiences of both captives and captors in the slave trade.