The Slave Ship: Historical Fiction Based on the True Story of how a Confederate War Hero emancipates 400 slaves

by Mike Rogers

A true personal account of the capture of a slave-running ship by USS Porpoise in the fleet assigned for the suppression of the slave trade. It is told by John Taylor Wood, who, in 1850, had been a young midshipmen on the Porpoise in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, at the mouth of the Niger River.The captain and crew of the Porpoise sight a slave-running ship, give chase, fire upon it, capture, board, and take its captain and crew...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508484643
• ISBN13: 9781508484646
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"