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Whaling captains of color : America's first meritocracy / Skip Finley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finley, Skip, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American whalers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "In this engaging new volume, Skip Finley has written a comprehensive account of the over fifty sailors of color who rose to captain America's great whaling ships. Meticulously researched, Whaling Captains of Color provides an overview of the 200 years of industrial whaling, a profession in which a relative meritocracy existed." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Finley, Skip Whaling Captains of Color
- ISBN:
- 9781682478332
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