OF SHIPS & (WO)MEN: Stories from the Crew Agreements
Julia Stryker
January 30, 2025
After 1850, every British ship carried a Crew Agreement and Official Log for every voyage it undertook. In addition to unprecedented information on the lives of average, laboring people, they preserve the wild, the weird, the tragic, and the beautiful moments of everyday life at sea at a time of monumental change. This talk will describe… Read More