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Author Bolster, W. Jeffrey.

Title Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
©1997

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  387.509 BOL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  387.5 B693B    Check Shelf
Description viii, 310 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: To tell the tale -- The emergence of black sailors in plantation America -- African roots of black seafaring -- The way of a ship -- The bountaries of race in maritime culture -- Possibilities for freedom -- Precarious pillar of the black community -- Free sailors and the struggle with slavery -- Toward Jim Crow at sea.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject African American merchant mariners -- History.
Sailing ships -- United States -- History.
Added Title African American seamen in the age of sail
ISBN 0674076273: $14.95
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