If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred Shipboard rebellions that occurred over the course of the entire Slave trade, directly challenging the prevailing thesis that such resistance was infrequent or insignificant.
In recounting these rebellions, Taylor suggests that certain factors like.
As Eric Robert Taylor shows, though most revolts were crushed quickly, others raged on for hours, days, or weeks, and, occasionally, the Africans captured the vessel and returned themselves to freedom.
If We Must Die examines nearly five hundred Shipboard rebellions that occurred over the course of the entire Slave trade, directly challenging the prevailing thesis that such resistance was infrequent or insignificant