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Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail (Reprint Edition) by W. Jeffrey Bolster Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1998 ISBN-10: 0-674-07627-3 / 0674076273 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-07627-3 / 9780674076273 Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved |