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Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy

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In this engaging new volume Skip Finley has written a comprehensive account of the over fifty sailors of color who rose to captain America's great whaling ships. Meticulously researched, Whaling Captains of Color provides an overview of the 200 years of industrial whaling a profession in which a relative meritocracy existed. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University

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Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy 2022, US Naval Institute Press

ISBN-13: 9781682478325

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Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy 2020, US Naval Institute Press

ISBN-13: 9781682475096

Hardcover