--- product_id: 63851373 title: "The Slave Ship" brand: "marcus rediker" price: "£17.00" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63851373-the-slave-ship store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Slave Ship **Brand:** marcus rediker **Price:** £17.00 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Slave Ship by marcus rediker - **How much does it cost?** £17.00 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63851373-the-slave-ship) ## Best For - marcus rediker enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted marcus rediker brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Slave Ship ## Images ![The Slave Ship - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91X6dHwZ3ZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top Knotch History Book *by M***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 April 2008* The reviews above cover the ground quite adequately, so let me just add this: The Slave Ship is a powerful piece of essential background for all who live in today's capitalist economies.As one reviewer elsewhere so poignantly put it (Alice Walker), this book is homework of the most insistent order. The very least that we, especially the descendents of the slave-dealing participants, must do for those who suffered this terrible criminality, is try to comprehend what happened and why. Reading this book brings to mind Primo Levi's insistent plea that we listen; we, the generations who now can view the whole sorry disgrace that was the slave trade with the comfort of hindsight, have an obligation and a need to do so.That said, it is both galling and deeply sad that there exist so precious few accounts from the slaves and participants themselves. This book tries to offer some redress, and succeeds.The one image which remains to haunt you from this masterful history book, is the one of the slaves singing. Often in chains, usually in the stink of the cramped below-decks, and most movingly at night, as they were wrenched ever further away from their homes in the fetid Hell that was the floating dungeon of their slave ship, the Africans would sing on the high seas, sometimes in a call and response around the hold, to give voice to their extreme misfortune. Did they know that there was no happy ending, that they were headed to a certain death through toil and hard labour on a different continent, all to keep the coiffured whitefolks in sugar and cotton?It must have been the Blues as we have never heard it and only God and the Ocean can. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well written history of the slave trade. *by M***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 August 2020* In view of all the news coverage of BLM I decided to read this book. Very interesting but I found the final 2 chapters to be heavy going. Well worth reading though. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fascinating and Moving *by A***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 May 2012* There was so much more to slavery than I'd realised, it lasted 400 years not 300, for one thing,and the journey from Africa to the Americas was a world on its own. Ghastly beyond belief, but for sailors too. They died in huge numbers, the captains were mostly sadistic and the sailors soon were too. The British Navy engaged two ex-slave ship sailors but had to sack them because they were "inhuman". Fascinating on the practical and psychological effects of slavery on everyone involved, including the slave ship owners in England or America. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63851373-the-slave-ship](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/63851373-the-slave-ship) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-25*