Four centuries of the transatlantic slave trade, during which the foundations of modern prosperity of Western society were laid, are the subject of fundamental research by the famous American historian Marcus Rediker. The stories of people who found themselves on slave ships show how the global slave trade industry functioned and changed the world. For a wide range of readers.

“For hundreds of characters in Rediker's documentary novel, sailing on a slave ship became a turning point, after which changed their lives forever. Rediker's mosaic of human stories makes a powerful impression, capable of changing the understanding of history and modernity. Many of the problems of Western civilization that are talked about in the media today are directly related to the events described. It seems to me that the publication of “The Slave Ship” in Russian is an extraordinary event in our literary life.” Karen Shakhnazarov