Diary of a Contraband : The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor /

The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author's great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary vividly records Gould's activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gould, William B. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Hatfield, Mark O. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Temas:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Prologue
  • 1. An Introduction to William B. Gould: In the Service of 'Uncle Samuel'
  • 2. William B. Gould's Worlds: Wilmington, Dedham, and the Intervening War
  • 3· The Democratic Impulse and the Navy: Two Influences Shaping William B. Gould's Wartime Experiences
  • 4· William B. Gould's Other Writings
  • THE DIARY
  • Aboard the U.S.S. Cambridge
  • Aboard the U.S.S. Niagara
  • Epilogue
  • Reference Matter
  • APPENDIX A Glossary of Naval Terms
  • APPENDIX B Correspondents of William B. Gould
  • APPENDIX C Three Speeches by William B. Gould IV
  • Notes
  • Index

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