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1857 Introductions: 1857 Ships, the Wanderer, USS General Putnam, SS Admella, Comet, Uslht Shubrick, USS Wanderer, USS Vanderbilt

1857 Introductions: 1857 Ships, the Wanderer, USS General Putnam, SS Admella, Comet, Uslht Shubrick, USS Wanderer, USS Vanderbilt


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 1857 ships, The Wanderer, USS General Putnam, SS Admella, Comet, USLHT Shubrick, USS Wanderer, USS Vanderbilt, USS Southfield, USS Tyler, Japanese warship Kanrin Maru, USS Guard, USS Crusader, USS Alonzo Child, USS Magnolia, Elk, HMS Royal Sovereign, USS Peosta, CSS Rappahannock, USS Great Western, USS Dawn, CSS Clarence, HMS Pelorus, USS O. M. Pettit, USS William G. Putnam, Flying Eagle cent, HMS Curacoa. Excerpt: (See also: Clotilde (slave ship)) The Wanderer is the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves from Africa to the United States (on November 28, 1858). Stories of subsequent mass landings of slaves have been told, but are in dispute (see, Buchanan Administration, below.) When the Wanderer reached Jekyll Island, Georgia from Africa, approximately 409 of the enslaved Africans had survived. The federal government prosecuted the owner and crew, but failed to win a conviction, although there was outrage in the North about the slave ship. During the American Civil War, Union forces took over the ship and used it for various roles. In November 2008 the Jekyll Island Museum unveiled an exhibit dedicated to the enslaved Africans on the Wanderer. A memorial sculpture has been erected on the island as well. Upon ending the slave trade in all British colonies in 1808, the British began pressuring other nations to end their slave trades. At the same time, the British began pressuring the African rulers to stop exporting people as slaves. The United States officially outlawed the importation of slaves in 1808. It did not use its own ships to enforce the law until 1859, when U.S. naval ships joined British patrol ships in the Caribbean to intercept slavers. Even after the US outlawed the slave trade, people tried to evade the law. The Wanderer was built in 1857 and in 1858 it was partially outfitted for a long vo...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157736103
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 24
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 64 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157736106
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jun 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 1857 Ships, the Wanderer, USS General Putnam, SS Admella, Comet, Uslht Shubrick, USS Wanderer, USS Vanderbilt
  • Width: 189 mm


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