Though recorded in July it's technically supposed to be our June 2023 bonus episode - a discussion of an alternate route to freedom for those enslaved in the coastal regions of the American South. And our much-anticipated dive into John C. Calhoun's global race-war fantasy. 

**this episode was originally published in July 2023. We made some minor edits and clean-ups for release on the main feed**

Sources:

Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African-American Seamen in the Age of Sail. Harvard University Press, 1997. 

Winsboro, Irvin D.S. and Joe Knetsch. "Florida Slaves, the 'Saltwater Railroad' to the Bahamas, and Anglo-American Diplomacy." The Journal of Southern History, vo. 79, no. 1, February 2013, pp. 51 - 78.

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