Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America

ISBN-13: 9781108469999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str.

Michael A. Schoeppner

Opis

During the Antebellum era, thousands of free black sailors were arrested for violating the Negro Seamen Acts. In retelling the harrowing experiences of free black sailors, Moral Contagion highlights the central roles that race and international diplomacy played in the development of American citizenship.

Recenzje

'… the book is a rigorous study of law, citizenship, and diplomacy and makes a welcome addition to the literature of southern history, Atlantic history, and antebellum political and legal history.' Ikuko Asaka, Journal of Southern History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The Atlantic's dangerous undercurrents; 2. Containing a moral contagion, 1822–9; 3. The contagion spreads, 1829–33; 4. Confronting a pandemic, 1834–42; 5. 'Foreign' emissaries and rights discourse, 1842–7; 6. Sacrificing black citizenship, 1848–59; 7. From the decks to the jails to assembly halls: black sailors, their communities, and the fight for black citizenship; Epilogue.