{"product_id":"diary-of-a-contraband-9780804747080","title":"Diary of a Contraband","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author's great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary records Gould's activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Contraband\u003c\/i\u003e provides] modern readers with vivid insight into the life and thought of a man who overcame the degradations of slavery, actively sought his own freedom and fought to make it permanent, and in the end forged a new life as a full citizen . . . .An unusual work, [it is] one of only three wartime diaries kept by black sailors.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDiary of a Contraband\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating picture of everyday life for sailors and cilivians in the 1860s. It also provides tantalizing details of antebellum Willington that have seldom made their way into written history.\"—\u003ci\u003eWillmington Star-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In all, the book is a valuable addition to the continuously growing literature on both the Civil War at sea and the history of race in America.\"—\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Maritime History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We can thank both Goulds for \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Contraband\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a significant contribution to both Civil War and African American literature.\"—Sea History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t  \t\t\t\tO. Hatfield  \t\t\t\tSenator Mark  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t1.  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t2.  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t3.  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t4.  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t  \t  \t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t  \t\t\t\tGould IV  \t\t\t\tWilliam B.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405554262359,"sku":"9780804747080","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804747080.jpg?v=1730492812","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/diary-of-a-contraband-9780804747080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}