Sea of change : race, abolitionism, and reform in the New England whale fishery
Bound together across lines of color and lass, Nantucket and New Bedford residents pursued the unique economic opportunities presented by whaling during the nineteenth century. Whaling was becoming a major industrial enterprise with few available options to fulfill the labor needs required for the w...
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W&M ScholarWorks
2015
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539624002 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3682&context=etd |