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Tremors and Whirlpools Get access

Joseph P. Reidy
in Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of Slavery
Published: 18 March 2019
... 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...
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Prisoners Get access

Lorien Foote
in Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War
Published: 07 October 2021
... noncombatants Scott Winfield torpedoes Vattel Emer de newspapers Hallowell Edward Needles Florida and 54th Massachusetts Quincy A. Gillmore Robert Gould Shaw 54th Massachusetts Black soldiers Black prisoners Black sailors Fort Wagner Bombardment of Charleston P.G.T. Beauregard Technology “You...
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Minstrelization and Nationhood: “Backside Albany,” Backlash, and the Wartime Origins of Blackface Minstrelsy Get access

David Waldstreicher
in Warring for America: Cultural Contests in the Era of 1812
Published: 25 September 2017
... 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...