Title

The wreck of the Henrietta Marie : an African-American's spiritual journey to uncover a sunken slave ship's past

Description

The author offers an account of the slave ship Henrietta Marie and its role in his ancestors' history.

Identifier

774456

517703289

Creator

Cottman, Michael H

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1999

Program air date: July 18, 1999

Publisher

Harmony Books

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers and flysheet: Watched Sea Hunt. Anthony Tournay, d 1726-76 buried Mt. Mary Abchurch, ironmonger/shackle maker. The foundry that made the cannons in Stream Mill now a B and B. p 41. Doc Jones, Charles Lee, Ric Powell, Oswald Sykes, Howard Moss, Coery Malcolm, David Moore, Shelia Walker. America needs an education about the African Holocaust p 231. 1699--The Bell. Monday, June 21, 11 a.m. born in Detroit. David Moore--foremost author on the Henrietta Marie. National Maritime Museum-arrogant educated white men reading material shocked me p 24. 7000 artifacts from H.M.--largest collection of slave materials. p 34--racial incidents in my life. What do you remember from the Detroit riots of 1967 (July)? Albert Jose Jones (1968) Grand Cayman Underwater Adventure Seekers (p 97). Don't serve niggers p 106. 1992 Key West Nov. My first meeting of National Black Association of Black Scuba Divers 53 Clubs across nation 1000's of divers. Miami Herald 19080-1986, Newsday, WASH Post. The Buddy system--never leave your buddy. New Ground Reef--37 miles off Key West. Monument placed by 10 dives facing Africa p 166. London, Africa, Barbados, Jamaica, Florida. 1990-Heart problems? Stress! 1992--feature story on NABS for Newsday. 1976-Atlanta Daily World, Newsday, Phillie, Miami Herald 1980-1986, WASH P. Dakar Senegal July 18, 1996. 2nd visit in 11 years. Goree Island. I'm not African but my spirit is p 183. 6 million people may have died from beatings, starvation, etc. Houston man--African chiefs sold their own . Hank's Rock. My drive near Goree--200th in new waters p 205. Clinton visit 1998--Apology for slavery 4 Black N.H. reports ceremony. Where is the Henrietta Marie exhibit? No national monument to the transatlantic slave trade. Middle Passage--what is it. Ed Koch--couldn't believe it--Black Scuba Dives. Henrietta Marie 80 ft./120 tons. Lamb checks each chapter and the epilogue on the Contents page. Notes/underlinings: Sea Hunt, Tarzan, Africa. Lamb circles, underscores and annotates sections on the timeline. Details on West Africa and development of European slave trade. Moe Molinar's salvage boat, his finds. Discovery of iron shackles, 1973. Discovery of bell--Henrietta Marie, 1699. Blackbeard and slave trade. Details on Cottman's research adventures, racism he encountered, rigging of the ship, her Captain, cargo. Accounts of slave trade, travels.

Subject

"Cottman, Michael H.--Travel"

"Henrietta Marie (Ship)"

"Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida--Key West Region."

"Underwater archaeology--Florida--Key West Region."

"African Americans--Florida--Key West Region--Antiquities."

"Slave trade--History."

"Slave ships--Florida."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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