Black Jacks : : African American Seamen in the Age of Sail / / W. Jeffrey Bolster.
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...
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Bolster, W. Jeffrey, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Black Jacks : African American Seamen in the Age of Sail / W. Jeffrey Bolster. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©1997 1 online resource (352 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 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 -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 formation of black America. Because of their unusual mobility, sailors were the eyes and ears to worlds beyond the limited horizon of black communities ashore. Sometimes helping to smuggle slaves to freedom, they were more often a unique conduit for news and information of concern to blacks. But for all its opportunities, life at sea was difficult. Blacks actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture shared by all seamen, but were often outsiders within it. Capturing that tension, Black Jacks examines not only how common experiences drew black and white sailors together-even as deeply internalized prejudices drove them apart-but also how the meaning of race aboard ship changed with time. Bolster traces the story to the end of the Civil War, when emancipated blacks began to be systematically excluded from maritime work. Rescuing African American seamen from obscurity, this stirring account reveals the critical role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America. An epic tale of the rise and fall of black seafaring, Black Jacks is African Americans' freedom story presented from a fresh perspective. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022) African American merchant mariners History. Sailing ships History United States United States. Sailing ships United States History. HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 9783110442212 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674028470?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674028470 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674028470/original |
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- 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 -- Tables -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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