Black Sailors: Afro-American Merchant Seamen and Whalemen Prior to the Civil War

by Martha Putney

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313256394
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/14/1987
Series:	Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets , #10
Edition description:	Revised and Exp ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1350L (what's this?)

About the Author

MARTHA S.PUTNEY is retired as Professor of History and Chairman of the Department of History and Geography at Bowie State College in Maryland.

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