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Hanging Captain Gordon : the life and trial of an American slave trader / Ron Soodalter.
Van Pelt Library KF223.G67 S67 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soodalter, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gordon, Nathaniel, 1826-1862--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Gordon, Nathaniel.
- Gordon, Nathaniel, 1826-1862.
- Slave traders--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History--19th century.
- Slave traders.
- Trials--New York (State)--New York.
- Trials.
- Slave trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Slave trade.
- Slave traders--United States--Biography.
- History.
- United States.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition February 2007.
- Other Title:
- Life and trial of an American slave trader
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Washington Square Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Uncovering a forgotten story, this is the first book to chronicle the trial and execution of Nathaniel Gordon, the only man in American history to face conviction for the largely unprosecuted and unpunished crime of slave trading.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-300) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0743267281
- 9780743267281
- OCLC:
- 86069575
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