Black jacks : African American seamen in the age of sail /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282829 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: To Tell the Tale
- 1. The Emergence of Black Sailors in Plantation America
- 2. African Roots of Black Seafaring
- 3. The Way of a Ship
- 4. The Boundaries of Race in Maritime Culture
- 5. Possibilities for Freedom
- 6. Precarious Pillar of the Black Community
- 7. Free Sailors and the Struggle with Slavery
- 8. Toward Jim Crow at Sea.