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In The Heart Of The Sea, a book written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published on May 8, 2000, revolves around the tragedy of a whaleship named Essex, in the year 1820. Aboard the Essex African Americans were treated equal to the white once they set foot on the vessel. From Nantucket in 1819, the Essex set sail on a whale hunt that was supposed to take two to three years out in the Pacific ocean.Once at sea the whale hunters had a bad feeling of the squall that slowly approached them, but the captain didn’t hesitate to reassure his crewmates that they would be fine. Unfortunately Captain Pollard miscalculated how severe the storm was and once they were near the squall, the Captain ordered the helmsman to steer the vessel 180° opposite direction,
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