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Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster.
Van Pelt - Class of 1979 Seminar Room (305) VK221 .B65 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bolster, W. Jeffrey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American merchant mariners--History.
- African American merchant mariners.
- Sailing ships--United States--History.
- Sailing ships.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 310 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. In this epic chronicle of the rise and fall of black seafaring, W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring was limited to the Middle Passage. 37 halftone illustrations. 3 maps. 3 tables.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674076249
- OCLC:
- 35646554
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