Slavery at sea : terror, sex, and sickness in the middle passage / Sowande' M. Mustakeem.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]

xvii, 262 pages : illlustrations ; 24 cm.

Introduction: Middle passage studies and the birth of slavery at sea -- Waves of calamity -- Imagined bodies -- Healthy desires, toxic realities -- Blood memories -- Battered bodies, enfeebled minds -- The anatomy of suffering -- A tide of bodies -- Epilogue: The "frankenstein" of slavery: a meditation on memory.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.