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Atlantic Coast (U.S.) History, Naval 18th century Comic books, strips, etc Atlantic Ocean Region Caribbean Area History, Naval 18th century Dwarfs (Persons) Pirates Pirates Atlantic Ocean Region Biography Comic books, strips, etc Pirates Atlantic Ocean Region History 18th century Comic books, strips, etc Pirates Atlantic Ocean Region History Comic books, strips, etc Quakers United StatesRediker, Marcus.
Summary: Rediker turns his attention to the famed slave ship that set sail from Havana in 1839. Painstakingly researched, his account follows the slaves' point of view, from the joyous moments after they seized the ship through the harrowing court case that would become a touchstone in the struggle for civil rights.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 326.0973 REDRediker, Marcus Buford.
Summary: Charts the history of slave ships, their crews, and their enslaved passengers, documenting such stories as those of a young kidnapped African whose slavery is witnessed firsthand by a horrified priest from a neighboring tribe responsible for the slave's capture.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 306.3 REDLester, David
Summary: "Prophet against Slavery illustrates the life and times of an eighteenth-century dwarf abolitionist who performed guerrilla theater against slaveowners and became one of the first to demand immediate and abolition"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.8 LESLester, David
Summary: "Under the Banner of King Death explores the sub-culture and resistance of eighteenth-century pirates, telling the tales of John Gwin, an African American fugitive from bondage in South Carolina; Ruben Dekker, a common seaman from Amsterdam; and Mark/Mary Reed, an American woman who dressed as a man and went to sea"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2023