W. Jeffrey Bolster
Autor de Black Jacks : African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1954-04-03
- Género
- male
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 248
- Popularidad
- #92,014
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 10
There are numerous fascinating stories in this book about people I'd like to learn more about. These include Richard "King Dick Crafus who lead the Black US Navy sailors held prisoner at Dartmoor during and after the War of 1812, and who remained a revered member of Boston's Black community decades later. Robert Smalls was a pilot who escaped from slavery in Charleston during the Civil War and turned a gunboat over to the Union Navy. David Walker distributed the abolitionist tract "Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World" while working at a second-hand clothing shop near the wharves of Boston. Honestly, these stories should be made into movies.
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