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Black Jacks African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
by Bolster, W. Jeffrey
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- ISBN-13: 9780674076242
- ISBN: 0674076249
- Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
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"Licensed master mariner Bolster writes a descriptively rich, engaging narrative of African American seafarers from the 1740s to the 1860s. He recounts how tens of thousands of African American sailors formed an important sector of the maritime labor force, shaped mariner culture and the identity of free black communities, and linked the Atlantic world of the black diaspora...This excellent study is highly recommended.Bolster, W. Jeffrey is the author of 'Black Jacks African American Seamen in the Age of Sail' with ISBN 9780674076242 and ISBN 0674076249.
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