All posts tagged "slave trade"

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  The Mysterious 1852 Voyage of the Arabian, the Fastest Clipper Ship in Maine

  In 1852 James Hinds, a ship builder in Calais, Maine, launched the fastest clipper ship ever built in the state. He’d built...

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  The Nightingale of Boston and the Last Gasps of the American Slave Trade

  In early spring of 1861, the Nightingale of Boston set sail for Liverpool. She carried grain, bread and barrels, broken down for...