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

By: Horne, GeraldContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2005Description: xv, 359 p. : illSubject(s): 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 -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: HD6509.S6 | H67 2005Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-332) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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