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Rough Sailing: Risks and Opportunities for Immigrant African Maritime Workers in Gabon, ca. 1860-1914
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This essay explores the risks and opportunities to West African sailors migrating to Gabon, Central Africa in search of high pay and to answer the demand for skilled labour. It explores the harsh conditions faced by these sailors due to brutality from European officers, hostile indigenous communities, and dangerous working conditions. However, it argues that despite the hazards, maritime work in the Atlantic offered opportunities for African sailors and freed slaves that meant travel, connection, and the growth of communities in Africa could function independently, free of ties to American and European influence.
Title: Rough Sailing: Risks and Opportunities for Immigrant African Maritime Workers in Gabon, ca. 1860-1914
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This essay explores the risks and opportunities to West African sailors migrating to Gabon, Central Africa in search of high pay and to answer the demand for skilled labour.
It explores the harsh conditions faced by these sailors due to brutality from European officers, hostile indigenous communities, and dangerous working conditions.
However, it argues that despite the hazards, maritime work in the Atlantic offered opportunities for African sailors and freed slaves that meant travel, connection, and the growth of communities in Africa could function independently, free of ties to American and European influence.
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