At that time, black seamen were only permitted to serve as ship stewards.

At the same time, another black seaman, Thomas Harding was friends with Williams and also considered her to be his girlfriend.

There was no one there at the time except the black seaman at the wheel, who denies having seen her at all.

He was wearing a black seaman's cap, an old black suitcoat, a work shirt buttoned to the neck, and clean overalls.

Some black seamen chose to remain in the West Indies, turning over to other ships when theirs were ordered home.

So they reacted fiercely when they took black or mulatto seamen out of privateers.

The last four names on Schreuder's list were those of the black seamen.

The four black seamen were led out into the wintry sunshine.

Among them were the three black seamen he had bought on the slave block at Good Hope.

Distribution in foreign countries was conducted through black seamen who would smuggle the paper into such areas.