Ships of Sorrow: A Chronicle of Slave Ships, Winds, Human Cargo, and the Children Who Refused to Die

Ships of Sorrow is a groundbreaking archival and genealogical chronicle that uncovers the true horrors and hidden inheritances of the transatlantic slave trade.With over 1,000 names, slave ship records, tribal identifications, and U.S./Latin American surname traces, this book uses data from SlaveVoyages.org and other primary archives to restore stolen lineages and dignity to the African Diaspora. From the coasts of Angola and Bonny to the auction blocks of Charleston and Havana, this work follows the bloodlines of those who endured the unimaginable and birthed a global legacy of resistance. This is more than a book, it’s a weapon of memory. For every child who survived, for every ancestor who whispered their name across the ocean winds, this is the map back home. This is not history told by the colonizer. This is the roar of the descendants.