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Author Soodalter, Ron.

Title Hanging Captain Gordon : the life and trial of an American slave trader / Ron Soodalter.

Imprint New York : Atria Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B GORDON, NATHANIEL    Check Shelf
 Farmington - Stanley Whitman House  STANLEY-WHITMAN HOUSE COLLECTION    In-Library Use Only
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B GORDON, NATHANIEL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.362 SO62    Check Shelf
Edition 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Description xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.
Contents One foot in the water -- Lucky Nat -- Slavers and the law -- One dollar a head -- New York and prison -- First trial -- Second trial -- Sentencing -- Reactions -- The awful change -- Last attempts -- The gallows -- To hang a slaver -- Captain Gordon's legacy.
Summary Documents the 1862 trial and execution of Nathaniel Gordon, the only man in the history of the United States to be hanged for slave trading, in an account that sets the trial against a backdrop of the Civil War.
Subject Gordon, Nathaniel, 1826-1862. (OCoLC)fst01627366
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Traffickers in enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Subject Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Slave trade. (OCoLC)fst01120405
Local Subject Traffickers in enslaved persons -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Subject Slave traders. (OCoLC)fst01120410
Trials -- New York (State) -- New York.
Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01774319
Subject Slave traders -- United States -- Biography.
Slave traders -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Gordon, Nathaniel, 1826-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Chronological Term 1800-1899
ISBN 0743267273
9780743267274
0743267281
9780743267281
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