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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Ross, Charles D. (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Breaking the blockade [Texte imprimé] : the Bahamas during the Civil War / Charles D. Ross
Publication : Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : xviii, 235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"On April 16, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a blockade of the Confederate
coastline. The largely agrarian South did not have the industrial base to succeed
in a protracted conflict. What it did have-and what England and other foreign countries
wanted-was cotton and tobacco. Industrious men soon began to connect the dots between
Confederate and British needs. As the blockade grew, the blockade runners became quite
ingenious in finding ways around the barriers. Boats worked their way back and forth
from the Confederacy to Nassau and England, and everyone from scoundrels to naval
officers wanted a piece of the action. Poor men became rich in a single transaction,
and dances and drinking-from the posh Royal Victoria hotel to the boarding houses
lining the harbor-were the order of the day. British, United States, and Confederate
sailors intermingled in the streets, eyeing each other warily as boats snuck in and
out of Nassau. But it was all to come crashing down as the blockade finally tightened
and the final Confederate ports were captured. The story of this great carnival has
been mentioned in a variety of sources but never examined in detail. Breaking the
Blockade: The Bahamas during the Civil War focuses on the political dynamics and tensions
that existed between the United States Consular Service, the governor of the Bahamas,
and the representatives of the southern and English firms making a large profit off
the blockade. Filled with intrigue, drama, and colorful characters, this is an important
Civil War story that has not yet been told."
Sujet(s) : États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Blocus -- Nassau (Bahamas ; île)
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Histoire diplomatique
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.72 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865 - Histoire diplomatique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496831347 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471227907
Notice n° :
FRBNF47122790
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Two arrivals -- ; The stage is set. ; George Trenholm sees the future ; ; Heyliger
arrives -- ; Interlude: why Nassau? ; "This remote western maritime colony" ; ; The
Bay Street boys -- ; The great carnival. ; Putting the pieces in place ; ; The lions
of the Royal Victoria ; ; Yellow Jack ; ; A new consul ; ; Living for the hour ; ;
Trouble in New York -- ; The curtain falls. ; "It is rather sickly here" ; ; "Blockade-running
from this port has ceased" ; ; Like a town sacked and burned by the enemy.
