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Author Horne, Gerald.

Title Red Seas [electronic resource] : Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / Gerald Horne.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 359 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index.
Contents Introduction: sailing from Jamaica -- Sailing the Red Seas -- Perilous waters -- The Black Ocean -- Few safe harbors -- Wind in their sails -- Storm signal -- Storm, at sea -- Walking the plank -- Black labor at sea -- Dropping anchor in Jamaica -- On the beach -- The final voyage of Ferdinand Smith.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Smith, Ferdinand.
National Maritime Union of America -- History -- 20th century.
Labor leaders -- United States -- Biography.
African American communists -- Biography.
Jamaican Americans -- Biography.
Labor leaders -- Jamaica -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0814736688 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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