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Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White - Hardcover

by Andrew Sillen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Andrew SillenPublish date:2024-10-08Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421449517ISBN-10:142144951XUPC:9781421449517Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), NavalSize:9.16 x 6.36 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCJ7218ZNS

Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

The true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life story was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility.

David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421449517ISBN-10:142144951XUPC:9781421449517Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, African American & Black, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), NavalSize:9.16 x 6.36 x 1.15 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCJ7218ZNS

Andrew Sillen is a visiting research scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University. He was formerly a professor of paleoanthropology and the founding director of development at the University of Cape Town and the vice president of institutional advancement at Brooklyn College.


Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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