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Author:
Horne, Gerald. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85203630
Title:
Red Seas : Ferdinand Smith and radical black sailors in the United States and Jamaica / Gerald Horne.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xv, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Smith, Ferdinand.
Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
African American communists--Biography.
Jamaican Americans--Biography.
National Maritime Union of America--History--20th century.
Labor leaders--Jamaica--Biography.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-332) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780814736685
0814736688
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57344010
LCCN:
2004029622
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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