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Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader
Hanging Captain Gordon The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader
Author: Ron Soodalter
On a frosty day in February 1862, hundreds gathered to watch the execution of Nathaniel Gordon. Two years earlier, Gordon had taken Africans in chains from the Congo -- a hanging offense for more than forty years that no one had ever enforced. But with the country embroiled in a civil war and Abraham Lincoln at the helm, a sea change was taking ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743267281
ISBN-10: 0743267281
Publication Date: 2/6/2007
Pages: 336
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2.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I got this book because I like history. However, this book is written with a clear bias that I found extremely annoying, so that I could not read more then a few pages.

Yes, slavery was abhorrent, but the author's clear disdain for it perveated every sentence written. His condemnation of our founding fathers made it impossible for me to read.
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This book gives a very different view of the travesty of slavery all over the world.


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