À bord du négrier. Une histoire atlantique de la traite (L'Univers historique) (French Edition)

Pendant les quatre cents ans que dura la traite négrière, du XVe au XIXe siècle, plus de quatorze millions de prisonniers africains réduits en esclavage traversèrent l’Atlantique pour devenir une main-d’oeuvre de masse, précieuse et gratuite. Illustre représentant de l’Histoire atlantique et spécialiste de la piraterie, Marcus Rediker propose ici de faire le récit de cette effroyable tragédie depuis un poste d’observation inédit et nous entraîne à sa suite à bord des navires négriers qui assuraient alors la traversée de l’Atlantique, le "Passage du milieu". Avec passion et brio, l’historien rappelle la vie à bord de ces monstrueux "donjons flottants" et ces voyages terrifiants au cours desquels périrent deux millions de personnes. Il raconte les conditions de vie morbides des esclaves, confrontés à la faim, à la maladie et à leur futur destin, la violence extrême des châtiments et des supplices, la mort omniprésente. Mais il rappelle aussi la peur des équipages enfermés à bord de ces poudrières, les rapports hiérarchiques extrêmement durs, les relations entre marins et prisonniers. Enfin, il accorde une large part aux conflits et modes de coopération entre esclaves, issus de diverses ethnies, mais capables de s’organiser pour mener des révoltes à l’issue souvent sanglante. The missing link in the chain of American slavery For three centuries slave ships carted millions of people from the coasts of Africa across the Atlantic to the Americas. Much is known of the slave trade and the American plantation system, but little of the ships that made it all possible. In The Slave Ship , award-winning historian Marcus Rediker draws on thirty years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. He reconstructs in chilling detail the lives, deaths, and terrors of captains, sailors, and the enslaved aboard a floating dungeon trailed by sharks. From the young African kidnapped from his village and sold into slavery by a neighboring tribe to the would-be priest who takes a job as a sailor on a slave ship only to be horrified at the evil he sees to the captain who relishes having a hell of my own, Rediker illuminates the lives of people who were thought to have left no trace. This is a tale of tragedy and terror, but also an epic of resilience, survival, and the creation of something entirely new. Marcus Rediker restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern economy was made. For More Than Three Centuries, Slave Ships Carried Millions Of People From The Coasts Of Africa To The New World. Here, The Author Creates A Detailed History Of These Vessels And The Human Drama Acted Out On Their Rolling Decks. He Restores The Slave Ship To Its Rightful Place Alongside The Plantation As A Formative Institution Of Slavery, As A Place Where A Profound And Still Haunting History Of Race, Class, And Modern Capitalism Was Made. Introduction -- Life, Death, And Terror In The Slave Trade -- The Evolution Of The Slave Ship -- African Paths To The Middle Passage -- Olaudah Equiano: Astonishment And Terror -- James Field Stanfield And The Floating Dungeon -- John Newton And The Peaceful Kingdom -- The Captain's Own Hell -- The Sailor's Vast Machine -- From Captives To Shipmates -- The Long Voyage Of The Slave Ship Brooks -- Epilogue: Endless Passage -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- Illustration Sources And Credits. Marcus Rediker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 361-415) And Index. “Masterly.”—Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book ReviewIn this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the'floating dungeons'at the forefront of the birth of African American culture. For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, award-winning historian Rediker creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. Rediker restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, as a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern capitalism was made.--From publisher description "For more than three centuries, slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa to the New World. Here, the author a historian creates a detailed history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. He restores the slave ship to its rightful place alongside the plantation as a formative institution of slavery, as a place where a profound and still haunting history of race, class, and modern capitalism was made."--Source inconnue About the Book Recounts the author's decision to change careers and attend the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, an education during which she survived the program's intense teaching methods, competitive fellow students, and the dynamics of falling in love, in an account complemented by two dozen recipes. Edition Notes Originally published: New York : Viking, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index of recipes (p. [283]-285). Life, death, and terror in the slave trade The evolution of the slave ship African paths to the middle passage Olaudah Equiano: astonishment and terror James Field Stanfi Eld and the floating dungeon John Newton and the peaceful kingdom The captain's own hell The sailor's vast machine From captives to shipmates The long voyage of the slave ship brookes Epilogue: endless passage Acknowledgments Notes Index. L'historien relate la vie à bord des navires négriers, où la mort est omniprésente. Il aborde les conditions de vie des esclaves, la violence des châtiments, la peur des équipages enfermés sur ces poudrières, les rapports hiérarchiques extrêmement durs, les relations entre marins et prisonniers ainsi que les conflits et les modes de coopération entre esclaves pour mener des révoltes Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest from a neighboring tribe responsible for the slave's capture.