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Journal essays: Blacks in Boating/Shipping, 1858, 1949, 1968, 1970, 1973-1974, 1989, and undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

Includes: New York Times , "The Montauk Point Mystery Explained: A New York Slave Ship Scuttled off Long Island,(1858); "New York Slave Traders," Harpers' New Monthly Magazine, (undated); "James Forten: Forgotten Abolitionist," by Ray Allen Billington, The Negro History Bulletin, (1949 November); "Virginia Negro in the American Revolution," Journal of Negro History, (1970); "The Canoe in West African History," by Robert Smith, (excerpt undated); "The Black Man and the Sea," in South Street Reporter, (1973-1974 Winter); "Privateers and Slavers," History of American Sailing Ships, (excerpt undated); "A Philadelphia Surgeon on a Slaving Voyage to Africa, 1749-1751," by Darold D. Wax, (1968 October); "The Slave-Trade in New York,"(excerpt undated); "Blacks in the Union Navy," by C.R. Gibbs (excerpt undated); "Brief lesson in Black history," by Joe Garland, (1989, February 17).

Dates

  • Creation: 1858, 1949, 1968, 1970, 1973-1974, 1989, and undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 19.18 linear feet (46 legal size boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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