236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 22 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A free black man -- To sea -- The capture -- Now is our time -- The return -- A hero's welcome -- A matter of compensation -- Passing judgment -- The fury continues -- Epilogue: a black man's fate.
Summary
Bringing to life one of the most daring and long-forgotten heroes of the Civil War, a dramatic account of captivity and survival on the high seas follows a free black man as he recaptures his commandeered ship from Confederate privateers, defies their efforts to make him a slave and becomes an unlikely beacon of hope for a disheartened Union army.
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