Nicholas Radburn

An incredibly clear and concise history of the everyday workings of the transatlantic slave trade. Written in a perfectly academic-but accessible way, Radburn never speaks down to his readers, instead letting the facts illustrate the horrors of this practice in a broad but concentrated scope. I learned a lot, and I appreciated the choice to synthesize both the qualitative and quantitative information of the practice (though I wish there was a bit more than just Equiano!). I ended up down a show more rabbit hole of the author's research, including the 3D ship renderings, and everything I've learned only feels that much more impactful.

Anyway, I cannot believe I found this as an audiobook through the LAPL. An amazing, amazing treat, reminiscent of finds such as They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South and Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom. These are the history books to rave about! show less