Freebooters and smugglers [[electronic resource] ] : the foreign slave trade in the United States after 1808 / / by Ernest Obadele-Starks

• Autore: Obadele-Starks Ernest <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/1
• Soggetto topico: Pirates - United States - History - 19th century; Slave trade - Africa - History - 19th century; Slave trade - United States - History - 19th century; Slave traders - United States - History - 19th century; Slavery - Law and legislation - United States - History - 19th century; Slavery - Southern States - History - 19th century; Smugglers - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-250) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Photographs and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "A View of Opening a Trade"; 2. "A Particular Kind of Force"; 3. "Turbulent and Bad Men"; 4. "Difficult to Repress"; 5. "A Great Frontier Movement"; 6. "No Argument Could Be Made"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <div>Ernest Obadele-Starks holds a joint appointment as an associate professor of history at Texas A&M University-College Station and Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is the author of Black Unionism in the Industrial South and has written several articles examining various political and social aspects of the African American diaspora. He is currently working on a comparative study of free black settlements in Canada, the United States, and Mexico from 1849 to 1867.</div>
• Titolo autorizzato: Freebooters and smugglers
• ISBN: 1-61075-164-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461805503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II