01312cam a2200325 i 4500 345701408 TxAuBib 20000313120000.0 990107s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99011439 9780590483131 hardcover 0590483137 hardcover DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib rda McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017. Black hands, white sails : the story of African-American whalers / Patricia C. McKissack & Fredrick L. McKissack. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, [1999] ©1999. xxiv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-147) and index. A history of African-American whalers between 1730 and 1880, describing their contributions to the whaling industry and their role in the abolitionist movement. 20190916. Coretta Scott King Award. Whaling History Juvenile literature. African American whalers Biography Juvenile literature. McKissack, Fredrick.