Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Moses Grandy: A Slave Waterman’s Life (part 2)
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Moses Grandy, was a slave boatman, who carried out shingles from the Great Dismal Swamp; had a series of bad owners; finally worked out his freedom and lived as a free-black; lived in New England; went to sea; slave laws kept him from Elizabeth City, NC; Moses bought his family and tried to buy other enslaved relatives; and about lives of slave watermen.
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