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Hanging Captain Gordon : The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader by Ron Soodalter is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 place. Gordon, in the wrong place at the wrong time, got caught up in the wave. For the first time, Hanging Captain Gordon chronicles the trial and execu
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ron Soodalter
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781416522928
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Law, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (34 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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