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Sins of the Fathers: The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1441-1807
Sins of the Fathers The Atlantic Slave Trade 14411807 Author:James Pope-Hennessy Based on the journals and letters of slave traders, merchant seamen, and sometimes the slaves themselves, this is a passionate yet harrowing account of life in the African trading ports, aboard the slave ships, at the New World markets, and on the West Indian plantations. With a wealth of well-chosen detail, it revives and recreates the Atlantic... more » slave trade from its origins in the 15th century to its gradual dissolution in the early 1800s.« less