"Long after we’d stopped believe in the great American novel, along comes a spellbinding adventure story that may be just that" (Chicago Tribune).

A freed slave escapes his bad debts in New Orleans by stowing away on a slave ship en route to Africa.

From slavery to freedom to the arduous battle for civil rights, the ten-volume Drama of African-American History series traces the black American experience from its roots to the present day.

What does the pattern mean and how can we survive it? The Middle Passage shows how we may pass through midlife consciously, rendering our lives more meaningful and the second half of life immeasurably richer.

This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession of the Middle Passage through the texts, religious rites, economic exchanges, dance and music it elicited, both on the liminal transatlantic journey and on the continent and eventual ...

This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession of the Middle Passage through the texts, religious rites, economic exchanges, dance and music it elicited, both on the liminal transatlantic journey and on the continent and eventual ...

This volume of essays examines the forced dispossession caused by the Middle Passage.

This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors.

Stephanie Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market.

This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors.