Record #:

14460

Author(s):

Moore, Louis T.

Abstract:

The story of the schooner Berwind is the scene of the bloodiest mutiny and murders of modern times on the high seas. The crime resulted in the death of the captain, three other officers and a seaman. The slaughter of the quintet occurred off the coast of North Carolina, and the death ship brought Henry Scott, Arthur Adams, and Robert Sawyer to Southport in chains.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 37, Feb 1948, p6-7, f

Subject(s):

Killing (Murder); Mutiny--Naval offenses; BERWIND (Ship); Scott, Henry, d. 1906

Record #:

22707

Author(s):

Newkirk, Van

Abstract:

On a journey from Mobile, Alabama to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the schooner HARRY A. BERWIND experienced gunfire on the morning of October 10, 1905. A black sailor was said to have murdered all the white crew and ordered surviving crew to sail to Cape Fear. Although the story is mentioned infrequently it provides important information on life at sea and relationships between races, particularly with federal court handling of cases involving black and foreign nationals, at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 91 Issue 1, January 2014, p1-29, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--20th century; BERWIND (Ship); Race relations