The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare
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The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare

A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina

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The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare

A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina

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From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States—a journey that transformed more than seventy Africans into commodities, condemning some to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this engaging narrative, Sean Kelley painstakingly reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, detailing everything from the identities of the captain and crew to their wild encounters with inclement weather, slave traders, and near-mutiny. But most importantly, Kelley tracks the cohort of slaves aboard the Hare from their purchase in Africa to their sale in South Carolina. In tracing their complete journey, Kelley provides rare insight into the communal lives of slaves and sheds new light on the African diaspora and its influence on the formation of African American culture. In this immersive exploration, Kelley connects the story of enslaved people in the United States to their origins in Africa as never before. Told uniquely from the perspective of one particular voyage, this book brings a slave ship's journey to life, giving us one of the clearest views of the eighteenth-century slave trade.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9781469627694
Topic
History
Subtopic
Early American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Figures and Maps
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter One: The Port
  10. Chapter Two: The Crew
  11. Chapter Three: Long Knives
  12. Chapter Four: Traders and Captives
  13. Chapter Five: Passages
  14. Chapter Six: The Sale
  15. Chapter Seven: Town and Country
  16. Chapter Eight: Shipmates and Countrymen
  17. Chapter Nine: Remittances
  18. Appendix One: Ethnonyms, Linguistic Terms, and Geographic Place Names
  19. Appendix Two: Reconstructing the Route of the Hare
  20. Appendix Three: Tables
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index