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Summary: "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-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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Summary: "Jonathan White illuminates why Lincoln's then-unprecedented welcome of African Americans to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. Drawing from an array of primary sources, White reveals how the Great Emancipator used the White House as the stage to empower Black voices in our country's most divisive era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022