Following his arrival in a region referred to as 'Rio Junque,' West Africa, the unhealthy environment aboard ship appeared to hinder Newton's future trading voyages and forced him to declare, 'Having so many sick, am afraid shall not be able to keep our boats going,' presumably to conclude any of his immediate slaving endeavors. However, as he traveled the waters venturing into different coastal areas, he confronted several instances of declining health among purchased bondpeople and several crew members. Much to his satisfaction, the number of captives he boarded on his ship increased. After docking close to a month later, he entered into business negotiations with local merchants for the procurement of various goods-both human and non-human. 8, (Fall 2007).On 11 August 1750, British ship captain John Newton departed Liverpool aboard the vessel, Duke of Argyle, setting sail for the Windward Coast of Africa. 'Far Cry From a Fantasy Voyage: The Impact of the Middle Passage on Slave Societies Across the Atlantic World,' in ISLAS: Official Publication of the Afro-Cuban Alliance, Inc. (Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 2008), 3-21. ''Make Haste & Let Me See You With A Good Cargo of Negroes': Gender, Power, and the Centrality of Violence in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic Slave Trade,' in Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Maritime America, edited by Glenn Gordinier. 'I Never Have Such A Sickly Ship Before': Diet, Disease, and Mortality in 18th-Century Atlantic Slaving Voyages,' in Journal of African American History 93 (Fall 2008): pp. ''She Must Go Overboard & Shall Go Overboard’: Diseased Bodies and the Spectacle of Murder at Sea,' in Atlantic Studies 8.3 (Fall 2011): 301-316. “Breaking the Chains: Un-Silencing the American Slaving Past” in Teaching Lincoln: What Every K-12 Students Needs to Know About Nationalism, Emancipation, Power, and Race, Edited by Caroline Pryor and Stephen Hansen (Peter & Lang Press, 2013): 121-128. Marcus Rediker, N orth Carolina Historical Review, Vol. Davis,Īrrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation by Beth Ritchie, and Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and The New Politics of Imprisonment by Jill McCorkel, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly 42: 3 & 4 (Fall/Winter 2014): 319-323. “Suffering at the Margins: (Re)-Centering Black Women in Discourses on Violence and Crime,” Review Essay of T he Meanings of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y.

“Blood Stained Mirrors: Decoding the American Slave Trading Past” in Understanding and Teaching American Slavery, Edited by Bethany Jay and Lynne (Forthcoming: University of Wisconsin Press, 2016).

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