In the years just before the Civil War; during the most intensive phase of American slave-trade suppression; the U.S. Navy seized roughly 2;000 enslaved Africans from illegal slave ships and brought them into temporary camps at Key West and Charleston. In this study; Sharla Fett reconstructs the social world of these "recaptives" and recounts the relationships they built to survive the holds of slave ships; American detention camps; and; ultimately; a second transatlantic voyage to Liberia. Fett also demonstrates how the presence of slave-trade refugees in southern ports accelerated heated arguments between divergent antebellum political movements--from abolitionist human rights campaigns to slave-trade revivalism--that used recaptives to support their claims about slavery; slave trading; and race.By focusing on shipmate relations rather than naval exploits or legal trials; and by analyzing the experiences of both children and adults of varying African origins; Fett provides the first history of U.S. slave-trade suppression centered on recaptive Africans themselves. In so doing; she examines the state of "recaptivity" as a distinctive variant of slave-trade captivity and situates the recaptives' story within the broader diaspora of "Liberated Africans" throughout the Atlantic world.
#923553 in Books Daniel J Tortora 2015-05-25 2015-05-25Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.10 x .72 x 6.20l; .95 #File Name: 1469621223288 pagesCarolina in Crisis Cherokees Colonists and Slaves in the American Southeast 1756 1763
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Author's researchBy Dorothy K Morris; Author of the Mockingbird Hill SeriesGreat for research.2 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Paul M DavisInteresting account of why the south became the way that it is.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. OutstandingBy 2 DR AAAAbsolutely the finest book on the subject. I have read this book 3 times and am preparing for a fourth. The research is superb and is highly readable. Recommended for anyone with an interest in the French and Indian war in the South.
