Hanging Captain Gordon
Subtitle: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: February 6, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780743267281
Subjects: United States - 19th Century; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: American; Historical - U.S.; Maritime History; Slavery; History / United States / 19th Century; 19th century; Legal status, laws, etc.; New York; New York (State); Slave trade; Slave traders; Trials; United States
First sentence: Early in 1860, a young sea captain from Portland, Maine, sailed south to Havana, Cuba, leaving behind a two-year-old son and a pretty young wife.