Red Seas

Horne, Gerald.

Red Seas Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / [electronic resource] : Gerald Horne. - New York : New York University Press, c2005. - xv, 359 p. : ill.

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.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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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.


Electronic books.

HD6509.S6 / H67 2005eb