Series Editor's Introduction Maps Introduction The Sources Framing Transatlantic Slaving Outline of the Chapters Chapter 1: The Anchors: African Understandings of their Societies and "Slavery" Self-Understandings of Society and "Slavery" African Understandings of "Free" and Servile Status Further Readings Chapter 2: Vessels and Villains: African Understandings of Atlantic Commerce and Commodification African Systems of Commerce Commodification and Transatlantic Transformations Further Readings Chapter 3: Black Bodies at Bay and Reversing Sail: African Understandings of Self, Religion, and Returning Home African Understandings of Culture and Identity African Understandings of Religion and Return Further Readings Chapter 4: The Endless Voyage of Cannibalism and Capitalism: African Understandings of the Impacts of Transatlantic Slaving and Abolitionism Interpreting Transatlantic Slaving through Metaphors and Idioms Interpreting Abolitionism through Metaphors and Idioms Toward Calculating the Unquantifiable Epilogue: Almost Home: Forgetful Memories and Getting the Stories Right History and its alternatives Memory and silence Official commemoration, tourism, and heritage Conclusion Further Reading.