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The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails

Erik Calonius

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Description:On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded its cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, thirty eight years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo of African slaves to American soil. Built in 1856, the began life as a luxury racing yacht, flying the pennant of the New York Yacht Club and cited as the successor to the famous yacht . But within a year of its creation, the Wanderer was secretly converted into a slave ship, and, with the New York Yacht Club pennant still flying above as a diversion, sailed off to Africa. The Wanderer's mission was meant to be more than a slaving venture, however. It was designed by its radical conspirators to defy the federal government and speed the nation's descent into civil war. The first reported the story as a hoax; however, as groups of Africans began to appear in the small towns surrounding Savannah, the story of the began to leak out; igniting a fire of protest and debate that made headlines throughout the nation and across the Atlantic. As the story shifts between Savannah, Jekyll Island, the Congo River, London, and New York City, the tale is played out in heated Southern courtrooms, the offices of the The White House, the slave markets of Africa and some of the most charming homes Southern royalty had to offer. In a gripping account of the high seas and the high life in New York and Savannah, Erik Calonius brings to light one of the most important and little remembered stories of the Civil War period.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails. To get started finding The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded its cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, thirty eight years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo of African slaves to American soil. Built in 1856, the began life as a luxury racing yacht, flying the pennant of the New York Yacht Club and cited as the successor to the famous yacht . But within a year of its creation, the Wanderer was secretly converted into a slave ship, and, with the New York Yacht Club pennant still flying above as a diversion, sailed off to Africa. The Wanderer's mission was meant to be more than a slaving venture, however. It was designed by its radical conspirators to defy the federal government and speed the nation's descent into civil war. The first reported the story as a hoax; however, as groups of Africans began to appear in the small towns surrounding Savannah, the story of the began to leak out; igniting a fire of protest and debate that made headlines throughout the nation and across the Atlantic. As the story shifts between Savannah, Jekyll Island, the Congo River, London, and New York City, the tale is played out in heated Southern courtrooms, the offices of the The White House, the slave markets of Africa and some of the most charming homes Southern royalty had to offer. In a gripping account of the high seas and the high life in New York and Savannah, Erik Calonius brings to light one of the most important and little remembered stories of the Civil War period.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails. To get started finding The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy That Set Its Sails, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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