Josh The Lighthouse Guy
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- Joined
- Apr 30, 2012
- Location
- Jupiter, FL
Even in the context of slavery, I find South Carolina's Negro Seaman Act to be mind-boggling.
www.fjc.gov
South Carolina Negro Seaman Act | Federal Judicial Center
In August 1823, the British vessel Homer arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, after sailing from Liverpool, England. Several days after the ship docked, Charleston sheriff Francis G. Deliesseline boarded, placed crew member Henry Elkison (a Jamaican-born British subject) in chains, and led him...
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