Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White (Andrew Sillen - CH) belt buckle 100% Cotton

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Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran

Their mission - to head north and destroy bridges

109 men dug their way to freedom

1794 - January 15

Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White (Andrew Sillen - CH) belt buckle 100% Cottonby Andrew Sillen The true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life story was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility. David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the