Also known as: human manufacturing process, manufacturing process
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage uses this framework to emphasize continuity across the whole trade sequence. Capture and holding were not separate from transport; transport was not separate from sale. Each phase relied on workers, routines, and forms of violence that preserved value while degrading captive life.
Atlantic Slave Trade
Human Manufacturing Process
Saltwater Slavery
Slave Ship
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