In case you are in the area:

New Bedford Historical Society and the New Bedford Whaling Museum present a Black History Month lecture

Daggoo’s Brothers: African-American and Cape Verdean Whalemen

Presented by Mary Malloy of the SEA Education Association

From Colonial times to the twentieth century, men of African ancestry worked aboard New Bedford ships, in every capacity from greenhand to

Captain. In this illustrated lecture, Mary Malloy will trace the history of black whalemen through documents and photographs in the Museum’s

collection.

Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 2 - 4 PM

New Bedford Whaling Museum

18 Johnny Cake Hill

Event is free

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