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Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade Cover Image Book

Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade / Jonathan W. White.

White, Jonathan W., 1979- (author.).

Summary:

"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781538175019
  • ISBN: 1538175010
  • Physical Description: xvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Prison -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death -- Appendix 1: Oaksmith Family Tree -- Appendix 2: The Wells and Manuel Ortiz

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Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 > Family.
Slave traders > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Slave trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Ship captains > United States > Biography.
Escapes > Massachusetts > Boston.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Blockades.
Nicaragua > History > Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
Carteret County (N.C.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
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Biographies.

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