Charles Benson : mariner of color in the age of sail / Michael Sokolow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sokolow, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benson, Charles A., 1830-1881.

Benson, Charles A.

African American sailors--Massachusetts--Salem--Biography.

African American sailors.

Seafaring life.

Glide (Bark).

Massachusetts--Salem.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1 "My Fathers Birth day in 1800": Framingham, 1721-1830 6

Chapter 2 "You ocupy a place in my heart which none never did": Framingham and Salem, 1830-1853 21

Chapter 3 "Jenny kissed me": Salem and At Sea, 1853-1861 41

Chapter 4 "This sea life is hard": At Sea, 1862 61

Chapter 5 "Jenny I want to see you bad": At Sea, 1862-1864 78

Chapter 6 "It seams odd to be confined on ship board": At Sea, 1862-1864 96

Chapter 7 "I feel more than half sick": At Sea, 1864 117

Chapter 8 "How I wish that I could live on shore": Salem and At Sea, 1865-1878 134

Chapter 9 "I am realy upon the Ocean once more": At Sea, 1875-1880 155

Chapter 10 "This going to sea, it will kill me": At Sea, 1880-1881 169

Epilogue: "Charles A. Benson of this city steward of the Bark Glide" 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and index.

ISBN:

155849409X

OCLC:

51931342