The Slave Ship: A Human History Literary Elements

Nonfiction Novel

The setting is in the eighteenth century in America during the time of slavery.

The book is told from the third-person point of view.

Dull, sad, violent and emotional.

The book does not focus on a specific protagonist or antagonist because it emphasizes ships and technology.

The major conflict occurred when African tribal leaders collaborated with the Slave traders to sell fellow Africans. The slaves suffered while on transit. When they arrived, they were sold to owners, where they faced more suffering.

The introduction of the abolition of the slave trade is the climax of the story. The primary objective of the abolitionist movement was to bring an end to the slave trade.

The initial campaign of the abolitionist movement foreshadows the end of the slave trade.

The notion that slavery was meant to benefit traders is an understatement because it is large; it was an evil that subjected slaves and sailors to misery.

There is a Biblical allusion when Captain Evans names the beautiful woman ‘Sara’ (after Abraham's wife) to reflect her purity.

The description of the ships that carried slaves is imagery because it paints what the slaves and sailors had to endure while at sea.

Global capitalism was entirely paradoxical because the capitalists relied on cheap labor to attain industrial goals without considering humanitarian concerns.

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The ships are personified as having the ability to subject sailors and the slaves into misery.