| FA-51932-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Marcus Rediker | A History of the Slave Ship | 9/1/2005 - 5/31/2006 | $40,000.00 | Marcus | | Rediker | | | | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PA | 15260-6133 | USA | 2004 | History, General | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
I propose a history of the slave ship. I will investigate the material evolution of this world-transforming technology, concentrating on the British and American slave trade of the eighteenth century and the ship's role in Atlantic economic development. I will also analyze the slave ship as a stage for the enactment of four great dramas of the age: relations between captain and crew; between the crew and the enslaved; among the enslaved themselves; and finally between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates over how the middle passage and the ship itself would be represented in public debate. |