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Shipwrecked - A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
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Shipwrecked - A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
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Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton
Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with
some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of
the mid-19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering
schemes in Nicaragua, Cuban liberation, and the Civil War and
Reconstruction. Most importantly, the book depicts the
extraordinary lengths the Lincoln Administration went to destroy
the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using Oaksmith’s case as
a lens, White takes readers into the murky underworld of New York
City, where federal marshals plied the docks in lower Manhattan in
search of evidence of slave trading. Once they suspected Oaksmith,
federal authorities had him arrested and convicted, but in 1862 he
escaped from jail and became a Confederate blockade-runner in
Havana. The Lincoln Administration tried to have him kidnapped in
violation of international law, but the attempt was foiled. Always
claiming innocence, Oaksmith spent the next decade in exile until
he received a presidential pardon from U.S. Grant, at which point
he moved to North Carolina and became an anti-Klan politician.
Through a remarkable, fast-paced story, this book will give readers
a new perspective on slavery and shifting political alliances
during the turbulent Civil War Era.
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Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Jonathan W. White
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Dimensions: |
231 x 166 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5381-7501-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-5381-7501-0 |
Barcode: |
9781538175019 |
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