Kidnapped at Sea : The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White by Andrew Sillen

Description: TITLE: Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White AUTHOR: Andrew SillenPUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press (2024)CONDITION: NEW hardcover in dust jacket Description: David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the Philadelphia-based packet ship Tonawanda. White remained captive on the Alabama for over 600 days, until he drowned during the Battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. In a best-selling postwar memoir, Semmes falsely described White as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy. In Kidnapped at Sea, archaeologist Andrew Sillen uses a forensic approach to describe White's enslavement and demise and illustrates how White's actual life belies the Lost Cause narrative his captors sought to construct. Kidnapped at Sea is the first book to focus on White's actual life, rather than relying on Semmes and other secondary sources. Until now, Semmes's appropriation of White's life has escaped scrutiny, thereby demonstrating the challenges faced by disempowered, illiterate people―and how well-crafted, racist fabrications have become part of Civil War memory. SHIPPING: Item ships as is (no refunds, exchanges, or returns). Shipping is by USPS Media Mail.BOOK WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKAGED in a custom-sized cardboard book mailer for strong protection in transit.

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