Moral Contagion - Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, Diplomacy in Antebellum America

Moral Contagion highlights the central roles that race and international diplomacy played in the development of American citizenship.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Atlantic's dangerous undercurrents; 2. Containing a moral contagion, 1822-9; 3. The contagion spreads, 1829-33; 4. Confronting a pandemic, 1834-42; 5. 'Foreign' emissaries and rights discourse, 1842-7; 6. Sacrificing black citizenship, 1848-59; 7. From the decks to the jails to assembly halls: black sailors, their communities, and the fight for black citizenship; Epilogue.

About the author

Michael A. Schoeppner is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maine, Farmington.

Summary

During the Antebellum era, thousands of free black sailors were arrested for violating the Negro Seamen Acts. In retelling the harrowing experiences of free black sailors, Moral Contagion highlights the central roles that race and international diplomacy played in the development of American citizenship.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A Schoeppner, Michael A. Schoeppner, Michael A. (University of Maine Schoeppner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781108469999
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46999-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, Social & cultural history, Human rights & civil liberties law, HISTORY / United States / General, c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people