The Wreck of an 1830s Whaler Offers a Glimpse of America’s Racial History
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The story of the Essex in the 2015 Movie "In the Heart of the Sea." The Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, launched in 1799. While under the command of Captain George Pollard, Jr., in 1820 a sperm whale attacked and sank her.
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