Black jacks African American seamen in the age of sail

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ISBN: 0674028473 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780674028470 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780674076273 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0674076273 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780674076242 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0674076249 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 310 pages, [24] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.