.... During his first escape, Daniel possessed fairly modest clothing—a “home made dy’d Coat” and a “strip’d home-spun Jacket.” But by the time of his second escape attempt, two years later, Daniel was a sailor and owned several changes of apparel, including “Sea Cloths and Bedding, and other good Cloaths...

... of slavery. Nonetheless, black sailors in the U.S. Navy discovered that constraints as well as opportunities accompanied this particular route to freedom. Baltimore Maryland Biddle Nicholas space Washington D C Andrew John A Annapolis Maryland Butler Benjamin F freedom seeker s Hicks Thomas H Loyal...

... sailors. Confederate officials were divided over the legality of their own policy. Believing that their reputation before the civilized world would suffer, the Davis administration and the Confederate congress swerved off their intended course and conceded the perspective of the US government. Gillmore’s...

.... Exclusion radiated beyond the regulation of immigrants to groups such as sailors and into areas outside of immigration policy, such as Japanese internment. At the same time, exclusion was sometimes limited in its force, as explored in chapter one. Asian immigrants Canada as a route Caribbean as a starting...

...This chapter explores the interconnections of Chinese exclusion and maritime law, including the ways in which immigration officials used exclusion laws to regulate Asian sailors, and the ways in which these sailors resisted their regulation. Immigration officials were concerned that maritime...

... in the character of a black sailor” in Albany and New York in 1814 and 1815, responds to the importance of black sailors and African Americans more generally in the war and in contemporary politics. It tries to contain black assertiveness, but in doing so affirms the centrality of African Americans...

... communities. The chapter argues that with the mobilization for World War II and the military draft the NYPD adopted more lenient policies toward policing soldiers and sailors for gambling, while becoming increasingly harsh toward civilian male gamblers who were seen as neglecting their duty of contributing...

... they would become connected to “natives” and “Indians” of other places through the process of cultural contact and exchange, their status as American sailors took precedence. The Native American whalemen were not identifying as or claiming to be white, but they defined themselves as American sailors when...

... with greater security and sometimes putting them at greater risk. Chinese, Bengali, Filipino, and Japanese sailors formed a substantial portion of the maritime workforce, offering Asians more opportunities to stow away on ships and smuggle themselves into the United States. However, if they were detected...

...This book locates the foundations of the early modern Dutch empire in interpersonal transactions among women and men. As West India Company ships began sailing westward in the early seventeenth century, soldiers, sailors, and settlers drew on kin and social relationships to function within...