Record #:

37900

Author(s):

Abstract:

His narrative is the only known account of maritime life in North Carolina written by a former slave. Moses Grandy, born abt. 1786 in Camden Co., NC, was a ferryman and canal boat operator, trying to buy his freedom.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 10 Issue No. 4, , p101-103, il

Subject(s):

Slave narratives; Grandy, Moses, b. 1786; Slave narrative--waterman