If We Must Die: Shipboard Insurrections in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Captives on slave ships were in a vastly different environment from that found on plantations in the Americas: there were major language barriers on board ships; Africans on these vessels had no knowledge of their location or their destination; the closed authoritarian setting on the ships prevented...

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Published in:The Journal of African American history 2008, Vol.93 (1), p.100-102
Main Author: Jacobs, Sylvia M.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Slave trade
Slavery
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Summary:Captives on slave ships were in a vastly different environment from that found on plantations in the Americas: there were major language barriers on board ships; Africans on these vessels had no knowledge of their location or their destination; the closed authoritarian setting on the ships prevented large-scale rebellions; forms of resistance for captives on the ships were more severely limited than for enslaved workers on plantations; there was little or no opportunity for flight on vessels crossing the Atlantic; and captives had no chance aboard the ships for the subtle day-to-day resistance that became commonplace on the plantations.
ISSN:1548-1867
2153-5086