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Marcus Rediker uncovers the extraordinary human drama that played out on this world-changing vessel. Drawing on thirty years of maritime research, he demonstrates the truth of W.E.B DuBois''s observation: the slave trade was the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of human history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Slave Ship\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the so-called golden age of the slave trade, the period of 1700-1808, when more than six million people were transported out of Africa, most of them on British and American ships, across the Atlantic, to slave on New World plantations. Marcus Rediker tells poignant tales of life, death and terror as he captures the shipboard drama of brutal discipline and fierce resistance. 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McDaniel''s book is an epic tale of a black woman who survived slavery twice and who achieved more than merely a moral victory over one of her oppressors. Above all, Sweet Taste of Liberty is a portrait of an extraordinary individual as well as a searing reminder of the lessons of her story, which establish beyond question the connections between slavery and the prison system that rose in its place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader not only follows the fascinating narrative of a woman who lost her freedom, but also learns of the intricacies of slavery in a border state like Kentucky, the pain of separation from loved ones, and the ordeals of being sold \"down the river,\" surviving on a large cotton plantation, and being an enslaved refugee in Texas during the Civil War... It is an enlightening account from the point of view of an enslaved woman about the arduous trip — and the subsequent years — that many enslaved people were forced to endure by their masters to avoid their being liberated by Union armies... [McDaniel] has turned these into a captivating account of this period, revealing how the legal and economic aspects of the institution of slavery interacted in very personal and human ways with those who were kept enslaved. * Angela Boswell, Professor of History at Henderson State University, Southwestern Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eAs a whole, Sweet Taste of Liberty is the fruit of excellent scholarship and a timely and significant addition to the field of U.S. racial history. * Ken Chujo, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, The Journal of Southern History *\u003cbr\u003eIn this gripping study, Rice University historian McDaniel recounts the painful but triumphant story of one enslaved woman's long fight for justice... 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It is an account brimming with as much bittersweetness as it does hope.\" * ZORA *\u003cbr\u003e[A] superbly written chronicle . . . . rich with vivid personalities and unexpected turns.\" * Wall Street Journal   *\u003cbr\u003eThrough painstaking archival research, Bell and McDaniel have reconstructed their lives with such vivid detail, sensitivity, and riveting storytelling that you would think each of their figures left us whole autobiographies. For the simple act of recovering their stories, both books would be commendable. But what makes them essential reading is the larger questions they demand of us as readers: What exactly was the condition under which un-enslaved black people lived before emancipation * and what is it that they and their descendants are owed?The New Republic   *\u003cbr\u003eW. Caleb McDaniel tells a breathless tale with an ominously dark feel through many of its pages, because the monsters here were real. Yes, it's a complicated tale that races from north to south, but the righteous audacity that ultimately occurred in Ohio in 1870 makes it worthwhile, fist-pumping, and satisfying. Historians, of course, will want Sweet Taste of Liberty. Feminists shouldn't miss it. Folks with an opinion on reparations should find it. All of you will want to take it home. * Miami Times     *\u003cbr\u003eA deeply rich story... This beautifully written book is a must read. * Civil War Monitor   *\u003cbr\u003eSweet Taste of Liberty uses the past to show how the open wounds of slavery still exist. * The Advocate *\u003cbr\u003eResearchers, leisurely readers and those in the general public looking to be more informed about the history of slavery and reparations in this country, would be hard-pressed not to find this book compelling. 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Jacobs, ''A True Tale of Slavery''.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew accounts of American slavery are as memorable as Jacobs' harrowing memoir. Born a slave in North Carolina in 1813, Harriet was in her teens when her owner, Dr James Norcom, first started to proposition her. Harriet was forced to take refuge in her grandmother's tiny attic for nearly seven years, before finally escaping to the North. 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Freamon, Professor of Law Emeritus, Seton Hall University School of Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on transliteration, dates and citation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: Can We Talk About Slavery?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat I Argue in this Book\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eApology for Slavery?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePower and the Study of Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBlackness, Whiteness and Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 Does ‘Slavery’ Exist? The Problem of Definition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Main Argument\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDefinition: A Creative Process\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDefinition to Discourse: A Political Process\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDefining \\ˈslā-v(ə-)rē\\: We Know It When We See It\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDefining Slavery as Status or a Condition\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery as Unfreedom\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery as Human Property\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Patterson \u0026amp; Natal Alienation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery as Distinction: The Lowest Rung \u0026amp; Marginality\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery as Coercion \u0026amp; Exploitation under the Threat of Violence\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Problem with Modern-Day Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery \u0026amp; Islam – A Very Political Question\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Of Course, Slavery Exists\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Proper Terms for Speaking about ‘Slavery’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 Slavery in the Shariah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat Islam Says about Slavery – Ideals and Reality\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery in the Quran \u0026amp; Sunna\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInheriting the Near East – Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern Laws versus Islam\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIslam’s Reform of Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBasic Principles of \u003cem\u003eRiqq \u003c\/em\u003ein the Shariah\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Ambiguities of Slavery in the Shariah\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Riqq \u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp; Rights in the Shariah\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Religious Practice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Freedom of Movement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Social and Political Roles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Marriage and Family Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Right to Property\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Rights to Life and Physical Protection\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSummary: Law and Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Slavery in Islamic Civilization\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhat is Islamic Civilization?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIs there ‘Islamic Slavery’?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Shariah \u0026amp; Islamic Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Muslims Enslaving Muslims\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Classic Slavery Zone\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConsuming People \u0026amp; ‘Ascending Miscegenation’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave Populations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRoutes of the Muslim Slave Trade\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBlackness and Slavery in Islamic Civilization\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Roles and Experiences of Slaves in Islamic Civilization\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Slave as Uprooted Person and Commodity\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Slave as Domestic Labor . . . Even Trusted Member of a Household\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave as Sexual Partner\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave as Saint, Scholar or Poet\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave as Elite Administrator \u0026amp; Courtesan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave as Soldier – When Soldiers often Ruled\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlave as Rebel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 The Slavery Conundrum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNo Squaring the Circle: The American\/Islamic Slavery Conundrum\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery is Evil\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Intrinsic Wrongs of Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Religions and Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Minimizing the Unminimizable or Historicizing the Unhistoricizable\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery is Slavery: The Problem of Labeling ‘Slavery’ with One Moral Judgment\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Unfreedom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Owning Human Property\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as Inequality\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Moral Wrongness of Slavery as the Threat of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Bald Man Fallacy and the Wrongness of Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   When Slavery is ‘Not that Bad’: The Problem with Conditions vs. Formal Categories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Do Some People Deserve to be Enslaved?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Or, Is Freedom a Human Right?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Past as Moral Authority: Can We Part with the Past?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Natural Law Tradition and Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Critics of Slavery and the Call for Abolition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Consequences of Moral Progress\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Muslim Efforts to Salvage the Past\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 Abolishing Slavery in Islam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIs Abolition Indigenous to Islam or Not?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIslam as Emancipatory Force – An Alternative History\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbolishing Slavery . . . For Whom? Concentric Circles of Abolition\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e‘The Lawgiver Looks Expectantly Towards Freedom’ – Abolition as an Aim of the Shariah\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDoubling Down – Progressive Islam \u0026amp; the Axiomatic Evil of Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProhibited by the Ruler but Not by God: The Crucial Matter of \u003cem\u003eTaqyid al-Mubah\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIf You Can’t Do it Right, You Can’t Do it at All – Prohibiting \u003cem\u003eRiqq \u003c\/em\u003ePoorly Done\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSame Shariah, Diff erent Conditions – The Obsolescence or Unfavorability of Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSlavery: A Moot Point \u0026amp; Bad PR\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDefending Slavery in Islam\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 The Prophet \u0026amp; ISIS: Evaluating Muslim Abolition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDo Muslim Approaches to Abolition Pass Moral Muster?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA Consensus on Abolition\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCould Slavery in Islam ever be Unabolished?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbolition vs. ISIS\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis Author’s Opinion\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 Concubines and Consent: Can We Solve the Moral Problem of Slavery?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSpecies of Moral Change\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMoral Disgust at Slavery Today\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion \u0026amp; Crisis: Concubinage and Consent\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Consent and Concubines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDisbelief is Unproductive\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 1 – A Slave Saint of Basra\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 2 – Enlightenment Thinkers on Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 3 – Did the 1926 Muslim World Congress Condemn Slavery?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 4 – Was Māriya the Wife or Concubine of the Prophet?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 5 – Was Freedom a Human Right in the Shariah?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix 6 – Enslavement of Apostate Muslims or Muslims Declared to be Unbelievers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741426397527,"sku":"9781786078391","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786078391.jpg?v=1720057549"},{"product_id":"radical-hamilton-economic-lessons-from-a-misunderstood-founder-9781786633927","title":"Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. 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He performed public guerrilla theatre to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He wrote a fiery, controversial book against bondage that Benjamin Franklin published in 1738. He lived in a cave, made his own clothes, refused to consume anything produced by slave labour, championed animal rights, and embraced vegetarianism. He acted on his ideals to create a new, practical, revolutionary way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Lay was a Quaker, a philosopher, a sailor, a commoner and a revolutionary abolitionist. Crossing the seas from Colchester to Philadelphia and beyond he spoke truth to power and, as a little person, waged a politics of the body in his everyday life. His antinomian radicalism has been wonderfully excavated by Marcus Rediker in this eloquent testament. -- Catherine Hall, author of Legacies of British Slave-Ownership and Civilising Subjects\u003cbr\u003eAdmirers of Marcus Rediker’s splendid The Slave Ship will be delighted by this historian’s new book. Sailor, pioneer of guerrilla theater, and a man who would stop at nothing to make his fellow human beings share his passionate outrage against slavery, Benjamin Lay has long needed a modern biographer worthy of him, and now he has one. -- Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741462671703,"sku":"9781786634726","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786634726.jpg?v=1720057656"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/slavery-enslaved-persons-and-abolition-of-slavery.oembed?page=23","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}