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Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail

Authors:

Bolster, W. Jeffrey

Perlak, Marianne (Designed by)

Categories:

African American Seamen

Racism

Working Conditions

Language:

Location:

Slater Center

Dewey:

387.5 BOL

Reading Level:

Pages:

352

Copies:

1

Format:

Paperback

Publisher:

Harvard University Press

Language:

Illustrator:

Key Words:

Maritime history, African American Seamen, Sailors, seafaring between 1740 and 1865, maritime labor force, mariner culture, War of 1812 POW camp of Dartmoor Prison in England

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