Kidnapped At Sea - The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew Sillen
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781421449517
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4951-7
• Pagine: 352
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, Social and cultural history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Naval forces and warfare, Military & Naval Ships, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black, Civil War;Confederate;David Henry White;Raphael Semmes