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Black salt : seafarers of African descent on British ships
- Title
- Black salt : seafarers of African descent on British ships / Ray Costello.
- Author
- Costello, R.
- Publication
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012.
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- Description
- xxiii, 248 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this fascinating work, Ray Costello examines the work and experience of seamen of African descent in Britain's navy, from impressed slaves to free Africans, British West Indians, and Britishborn black sailors. Seamen from the Caribbean and directly from Africa have contributed to both the British Royal Navy and Merchant Marines from the Tudor period to the end of the British slave trade at least three percent of all crewmen were black mariners, and their experiences run the gamut of sorrow and tragedy, heroism, victory, and triumph. This is an important look at a neglected area of study, filled with many powerful, previously untold stories."--From Amazon.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Worlds collide -- Destination uncertain -- A tar's life -- War under sail -- Blighty -- A question of rank -- From sail to steam -- Global conflict -- Sailortown under attack -- The Second World War -- After empire -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-1079
- ISBN
- 9781846318184 (hbk.)
- 1846318181 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 778274850
- Author
- Costello, R.
- Title
- Black salt : seafarers of African descent on British ships / Ray Costello.
- Imprint
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2012.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-1079