The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo
The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo
$30.00
Feelings, Tom. NY: Dial, 1995. Obl. Folio. First edition. Black cloth. DJ. 1996 Coretta Scott King Award.
The abomination of slavery and particularly of the transportation of enslaved peoples from Africa to the “New World,” is the focus of Tom Feelings’ The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo. With a preface be Feelings and an introduction by Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the body of the book is entirely wordless, a series of incredible black and white illustrations depicting the harrowing journey from home to slavery. A large book (10-1/2 x 14”), The Middle Passage won the 1996 Coretta Scott King Award and is in Fine condition in a Fine dj.