The slave-trader's letter-book : Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and other tales of the African slave trade /

The slave-trader's letter-book : Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and other tales of the African slave trade /

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"In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, in violation of U.S. law, organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans on the luxury yacht Wanderer to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The four hundred survivors of the Middle Passage were sold into bondage. This was the first successful documented slave l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jordan, Jim (Historian) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2018]
Series:Uncivil wars
Subjects:
Lamar, Charles, > 1824-1865
Wanderer (Schooner)
Slave ships
Slave trade > United States > History
Slave traders > United States > Correspondence
Slave traders > United States
Race relations
Slave trade
Slave traders
United States > Race relations > History
United States
Biographies > ^A3346755
Biographies
History > UNAUTHORIZED
Personal correspondence > ^A3357096
Personal correspondence

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