Wanderer The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails

Name: Wanderer The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails
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ISBN: 9780312343484

ISBN-10: 0312343485

ISBN-13: 9780312343484

Edition: 2008

Authors: Erik Calonius

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On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded a cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, fifty years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo of African slaves to American soil. The Wanderer began life as a luxury racing yacht, but within a year was secretly converted into a slave ship, and--using the pennant of the New York Yacht Club as a diversion--sailed off to Africa. More than a slaving venture, her journey defied the federal government and hurried the nation’s descent into civil war. The New York Times first reported the story as a hoax; as groups of…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



Early Savannah



The Pulaski



Later Savannah



The Fire-Eaters



The Rawlins and Cobden



Johnson's Wanderer



Corrie's Wanderer



Into Africa



Out of Africa



Jekyll Island



Early Evidence



The Hearing



The President



The British



Vicksburg



Trial, Part I



Trial, Part II



Charleston



Lamar Trial



The Wanderer



Cilucangy


Notes


Bibliography


Index