Black sailors : Afro-American merchant seamen and whalemen prior to the Civil War
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Black sailors : Afro-American merchant seamen and whalemen prior to the Civil War
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 103)
Greenwood Press, 1987
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB) Library , Kobe University図書
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Note
Bibliography: p. [165]-170
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book to document thoroughly the lifestyle and collective experience of the many thousands of black sailors during this time period. Numerous illustrations in the form of original charts, tables, crew lists, and customs records support the text. In a penetrating study, the author unveils the enormous contribution made prior to the Civil War to the nation's economy, prestige, and power by black Americans.
Table of Contents
Figures
Preface
How Many Were on the Ships
The Black Complement
Black Ship Officers
Those Who Sailed
What It All Meant
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"