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The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare: A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina

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From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to america—a journey that transformed more than seventy Africans into commodities, condemning some to death and the remaining to a lifetime of bondage in North The usa. On this engaging narrative, Sean Kelley painstakingly reconstructs this tumultuous voyage, detailing the whole lot from the identities of the captain and crew to their wild encounters with inclement weather, slave traders, and near-mutiny. But most importantly, Kelley tracks the cohort of slaves aboard the Hare from their purchase in Africa to their sale in South Carolina. In tracing their complete journey, Kelley provides rare insight into the communal lives of slaves and sheds new light at the African diaspora and its influence at the formation of African American culture.

In this immersive exploration, Kelley connects the tale of enslaved people in america to their origins in Africa as never before. Told uniquely from the point of view of one particular voyage, this book brings a slave ship’s journey to life, giving us one of the most clearest views of the eighteenth-century slave trade.

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