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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-10142144951X

ISBN-139781421449517

eBay Product ID (ePID)23065705894

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Book TitleKidnapped at Sea : the Civil War Voyage of David Henry White

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Naval, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General, African American

Publication Year2024

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAndrew Sillen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-057495

ReviewsWhat Sillen has done with Kidnapped at Sea is truly monumental. David Henry White's soul is somewhere between here and heaven, grateful to Sillen for finding the facts, telling his story, and honoring his dignity.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973.757092

Table Of ContentAuthor's Note Preface Part I: Context 1. David Henry White and the False Cause 2. Time and Place 3. Childhood in Lewes 4. Passenger Cook 5. Manifest Destiny 6. Gulf of Mexico 7. Secession 8. The Alabama 9. Prelude Part II: Voyage 10. Capture 11. Storms 12. Report 13. Mutiny 14. South to Galveston 15. Port Royal, Olive Jane and the John A. Parks 16. Brazil and the South Atlantic 17. Cape of Good Hope 18. Simon's Town 19. The Indian Ocean 20. The Looming Battle 21. The Battle of Cherbourg 22. Demise Part III: Aftermath 23. Accounts 24. An Ocean of Lies 25. Aide toi et dieu t'aidera Acknowledgments Notes Bibiliography

SynopsisThe true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life story was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility. David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the Philadelphia-based packet ship Tonawanda. White remained captive on the Alabama for over 600 days, until he drowned during the Battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. In a best-selling postwar memoir, Semmes falsely described White as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy. In Kidnapped at Sea , archaeologist Andrew Sillen uses a forensic approach to describe White's enslavement and demise and illustrates how White's actual life belies the Lost Cause narrative his captors sought to construct. Kidnapped at Sea is the first book to focus on White's actual life, rather than relying on Semmes and other secondary sources. Until now, Semmes's appropriation of White's life has escaped scrutiny, thereby demonstrating the challenges faced by disempowered, illiterate people--and how well-crafted, racist fabrications have become part of Civil War memory., The true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility. David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain ......, The true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility. David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the Philadelphia-based packet ship Tonawanda. White remained captive on the Alabama for over 600 days, until he drowned during the Battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. In a best-selling postwar memoir, Semmes falsely described White as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy. In Kidnapped at Sea, archaeologist Andrew Sillen uses a forensic approach to describe White's enslavement and demise and illustrates how White's actual life belies the Lost Cause narrative his captors sought to construct. Kidnapped at Sea is the first book to focus on White's actual life, rather than relying on Semmes and other secondary sources. Until now, Semmes's appropriation of White's life has escaped scrutiny, thereby demonstrating the challenges faced by disempowered, illiterate people-and how well-crafted, racist fabrications have become part of Civil War memory.

LC Classification NumberE599.A3W457 2024