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Two captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the coming of the Civil War : a nonfiction novel
In Two Captains from Carolina, Bland Simpson twines together the lives of two accomplished 19th-century mariners from North Carolina--one African American, one Irish American. Though Moses Grandy (ca. 1791-ca. 1850) and John Newland Maffitt Jr. (1819-1886) never met, their stories bring to vivid life the saga of race and maritime culture in the antebellum and Civil War-era south. With his lyrical prose and inimitable voice, Bland Simpson offers readers a grand tale of the striving human spirit and the great divide that nearly sundered the nation. Grandy, born a slave, captained freight boats on the Dismal Swamp Canal and bought his freedom three times before he finally gained it. He became involved in Boston abolitionism and ultimately appeared before the General Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1843. As a child, Maffitt was sent from his North Carolina home to a northern boarding school, and at age 13 he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy, where he had a distinguished career. After North Carolina seceded from the Union, he enlisted in the Confederate navy and became a legendary blockade runner and raider. Both Grandy and Maffitt made names for themselves as they navigated very different routes through the turbulent waters of antebellum America.
The Great Dismal: a Carolinian's swamp memoir
Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir.
Maffitt, May 1861–September 1862: An excerpt from Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War
In: Southern cultures, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 72-78
ISSN: 1534-1488
The Cottage Mover
In: Southern cultures, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 88-89
ISSN: 1534-1488
Machelhe Island
In: Southern cultures, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 7-17
ISSN: 1534-1488
Blue Yodeler: Jimmie Rodgers
In: Southern cultures, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 92-95
ISSN: 1534-1488
Dixie Dewdrop: Uncle Dave Macon
In: Southern cultures, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 108-110
ISSN: 1534-1488
Wildwood Flowers: The Carter Family
In: Southern cultures, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 135-137
ISSN: 1534-1488
King of the Hillbillies: Hank Williams
In: Southern cultures, Band 12, Heft 4, S. 29-32
ISSN: 1534-1488
Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
In: Southern cultures, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 9-28
ISSN: 1534-1488
In the Lowlands Low: Swamping About the South
In: Southern cultures, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 78-86
ISSN: 1534-1488