The Slave Trader s Letter Book

Release on 2018-01-15 | by Jim Jordan

Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade Jim
Jordan. Introduction. The. Journey. of. the. Slave-Trader's. Letter-Book. In 1858
Savannah businessman Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar and a group of ...

Author: Jim Jordan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820351964
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 352
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The Slave Trader s Letter Book

In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans to Jekyll Island, Georgia. This book presents his "Slave-Trader's Letter-Book." These seventy long-lost letters shed light on the lead-up to the Civil War from the remarkable perspective of a troubled, and troubling, figure.

Language: en
Pages: 352

The Slave-Trader's Letter-Book

Authors: Jim Jordan

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-15 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Language: en
Pages: 200

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Categories: Slave trade

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The Wanderer

Authors: Erik Calonius

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-04-01 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

On Nov. 28, 1858, a ship called the Wanderer slipped silently into a coastal channel and unloaded its cargo of over 400 African slaves onto Jekyll Island, Georgia, thirty eight years after the African slave trade had been made illegal. It was the last ship ever to bring a cargo