Record #:

32204

Author(s):

Simpson, Bland

Abstract:

An excerpt from North Carolina author Bland Simpson’s “Two Captains from Carolina” highlights a pivotal moment for Moses Grandy, an accomplished African American mariner born in the antebellum South. Simpson describes how he brought to life the stories of two disparate captains and what their narratives mean to him.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 1, Winter 2018, p12-17, il, por, map

Subject(s):

African Americans--North Carolina, Eastern--History; Books and reading--North Carolina; Authors, North Carolina