Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Jim Jordan The Title is The Slave-Traders Letter-Book : Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 352. Category - Biography & Autobiography Product Description - In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, in violation of U.S. law, organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans on the luxury yacht Wanderer to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The four hundred survivors of the Middle Passage were sold into bondage. This was the first successful documented slave landing in the United States in about four decades and shocked a nation already on the path to civil war. In 1886 the North American Review published excerpts from thirty of Lamar's letters from the 1850s, reportedly taken from his letter book, which describe his criminal activities. However, the authenticity of the letters was in doubt until very recently. In 2009, researcher Jim Jordan found a cache of private papers belonging to Charles Lamar's father, stored for decades in an attic in New Jersey. Among the documents was Charles Lamar's letter book, confirming him as the author. The Lamar documents, including the Slave-Trader's Letter Book, are now at the Georgia Historical Society and are available for research. This book has two parts. The first recounts the flamboyant and reckless life of Lamar himself, including Lamar's involvement in southern secession, the slave trade, and a plot to overthrow the government of Cuba. A portrait emerges at odds with Lamar's previous image as a savvy entrepreneur and principled rebel. Instead, we see a man who was often broke and whose volatility sabotaged him at every turn. His involvement in the slave trade was driven more by financial desperation than southern defiance. The second part presents the "Slave-Trader's Letter-Book." Together with annotations, 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. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift Ideas This is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of Service We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167397676
Price: 41.36 USD
Location: US
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Fiction/Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction
Genre/Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Narrator/Voice Actors: NA
Length: 152
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Title: The Slave-Trader's Letter-Book Charles Lamar, the Wanderer,
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Weight: 0.43
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Slave-Trader's Letter-Book : Charles LaMar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Slavery, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Ships & Shipbuilding / History
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Author: Amy Murrell Taylor, Jim Jordan, Stephen Berry
Subject Area: Transportation, Social Science, History
Item Length: 8.9 in
Series: Uncivil Wars Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
