A Mariners View of the Great Age of Sail (2:30)
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Mariner is played by Deity Dionysus
By 1790, free blacks made up 2% of Salem’s population, and many took up work as sailors, and workers on the waterfront. Many black sailors elsewhere in Massachusetts went on to have prominent careers in maritime trade. For more information visit: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/pdfs/From-Slavery-to-Freedom-African-Americans-and-Maritime-History.pdf
