Seamen of Color: Living and Sailing from the Port of New London, 1640-1880
February 28, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm
As we celebrate Black History Month, The Henry L. Ferguson Museum and the New London Maritime Society are pleased to co-host Seamen of Color: Living and Sailing from the Port of New London, 1640-1880, an Illustrated Talk by Sandi Brewster-walker, chair and acting executive director of the Long Island Indigenous People Museum & Research Institute.
Date: Sunday, February 28th, 2021
Time: 2:00 pm – 2:40 PM
No Advance Registration Required
Join us this Sunday, as Ms. Brewster-walker reveals the experiences of people of color who served as whaling captains and crew sailing out of Long Island Sound in the early 1880s, and in particular, the seamen of color who came to New London from other parts of Connecticut to sail from its harbor.
Ms. Brewster-walker will highlight the experiences of these men who hunted whales from 1790-1860, and give insight into their boarding houses, churches, and lives on shore. She also will discuss the different types of whaling vessels, where they hunted for whales, and the shipwrecks that befell the unluckiest of them.
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