Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, And Diplomacy In Antebellum America

During the Antebellum era, thousands of free black sailors were arrested for violating the Negro Seamen Acts. In retelling the harrowing experiences of free black sailors, Moral Contagion highlights the central roles that race and international diplomacy played in the development of American citizenship.

• | By (Author): Michael A. (University Of Maine, Farmington) Schoeppner
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 09, 2020
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 266 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108455123
• | ISBN-13: 9781108455121