[PDF.66wi] Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail

Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail

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 | #1931749 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  1997-05-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.15 x6.02 x9.26l, | File type: PDF | 352 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| completely unknown to me and a great example of a self-organized black community existing side-by-side with ...|By Gardeneroh|I found this book extremely ifascinating and helpful. If you are interested in the Aubrey/Maturin series, as I am, read it for another side to the Age of Sail. HIghlights: The way black seamen spread and learned about the varieties of black communities a|.com |Among the more intriguing facts that this fascinating book contains is this statistic: by 1803, nearly 20 percent of seamen's jobs were filled by black men, most of them freemen. Historian Jeffrey Bolster, himself a sailor for a decade, covers the story o

Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. Tens of thousands of black seamen sailed on lofty clippers and modest coasters. They sailed in whalers, warships, and privateers...

You easily download any file type for your device.Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail   |  W. Jeffrey Bolster. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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