The Slave Ship: A Human History Glossary

by Marcus Rediker

The Slave Ship: A Human History Glossary

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Meandering

Sinuous, curving

Ambiguity

Unclearness, vagueness

Discrepancy

Inconsistency, deviation

Omniscient

All-knowing

Primordial

Antique, primal

Reminiscing

Recollecting, reflecting on

Bequeathed

Entrusted, left

Ephemera

Fleeting, short-lived

Reproachful

Disparaging, critical, disapproving

Abyss

Bottomless chasm, gulf

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