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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     White, Jonathan W., 1979-     Subjects     Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.     Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.     Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.     Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.     Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.     Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.     New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.     Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      White, Jonathan W., 1979-       by title:      Shipwrecked : a true...       by call number:      973.6092 W585s     Search the Web     White, Jonathan W., 1979-     Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.     Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.     Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.     Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.     Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.     Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.     New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.     Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade / Jonathan W. White. by White, Jonathan W., 1979- Rowman & Littlefield, 2023. Call #: 973.6092 W585s Subjects Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.   Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.   Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.   Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.   Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.   Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.   New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.   Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography. ISBN:  9781538175019 (hc.) Description:  xvii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index. Summary:  "White (A House Built by Slaves), a professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University, provides a finely grained biography of sea captain Appleton Oaksmith (1828–1887). A 'seafarer, poet, jailbird, convict, escapee, exile, and expat,' Oaksmith's life 'touched some of the most important moments in nineteenth-century American history,' writes White, such as first-wave feminism, the Atlantic slave trade, and Southern schemes to seize Cuba and Nicaragua. His parents, Seba Smith and Elizabeth Oakes Smith, were notable literary figures in New York City, and Elizabeth, who is as much the subject of the book as her son, was 'a leader in the women's rights movement.' A life at sea brought Oaksmith little financial success; accused of fitting out his ship as a slaver, in 1861 he was imprisoned in Fort Lafayette in New York Harbor. Oaksmith -- who maintained his innocence -- escaped and sailed to Cuba. He eventually returned to the U.S. and was elected to the North Carolina general assembly. Evocative and well researched, White's narrative draws ample evidence from archival sources, including the journals Oaksmith kept at sea. It's an immersive account of a man who was not always likable but whose turbulent life sheds light on the nooks and crannies of the Civil War era."--Publishers Weekly. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.6092 W585s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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