Black Jacks African American Seamen in the Age of Sail

Name: Black Jacks African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
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ISBN: 9780674076273

ISBN-10: 0674076273

ISBN-13: 9780674076273

Edition: 1997

Authors: W. Jeffrey Bolster

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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. Some were slaves, forced to work at sea, but by 1800 most were free men, seeking liberty and economic opportunity aboard ship. Bolster brings an intimate understanding of the sea to this extraordinary chapter in the…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction: To Tell the Tale



The Emergence of Black Sailors in Plantation America



African Roots of Black Seafaring



The Way of a Ship



The Boundaries of Race in Maritime Culture



Possibilities for Freedom



Precarious Pillar of the Black Community



Free Sailors and the Struggle with Slavery



Toward Jim Crow at Sea


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