Chapter one. Ship of grief -- chapter two. Africa before the slave trade -- chapter three. Europe steps in -- chapter four. Transatlantic trading -- chapter five. The middle passage -- chapter six. The amistad -- chapter seven. Ending the trade -- chapter eight. Legacy.
Summary
This book looks at the history of the global trade that took millions of Africans captive and shipped them across the Atlantic Ocean to work as slaves, and it explores the impact and legacy of that trade today. A timeline, a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index are also provided.