Black Jacks : : African American Seamen in the Age of Sail /

Black Jacks : : African American Seamen in the Age of Sail / / W. Jeffrey Bolster.

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
VerfasserIn:
Bolster, W. Jeffrey,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1997
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • 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

Similar Items