Red Seas : Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica.

During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930s and 1940s, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most--if not the most--powerful black labor leaders in the United States. Smith&#...

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Main Author: Horne, Gerald
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Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
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505 0 |a Preface; Introduction; 1. Sailing the Red Seas; 2. Perilous Waters; 3. The Black Ocean; 4. Few Safe Harbors; 5. Wind in Their Sails; 6. Storm Signals; 7. Storm, at Sea; 8. Walking the Plank; 9. Black Labor at Sea; 10. Dropping Anchor in Jamaica; 11. On the Beach; 12. The Final Voyage of Ferdinand Smith; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author. 
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