Shorey Family
Originally uploaded by Zanalee
From BlackhistoryAlbum.com
"William T. Shorey (1859-1919) was a famous captain in the last days of whaling. He was born in Barbados, the son of a Scottish sugar planter and an Indian creole woman. Shorey began seafaring as a teenager and in 1876 he made his first whaling voyage.
Whaling brought him to California and he married the daughter from a leading African American family in San Francisco. In 1886 he became the only black West Coast ship captain. Known for his skill and leadership, Shorey experienced many adventures and dangers at sea with multiracial crews before his retirement in 1908."
I would love to see a televisions series made about families like this one. I'm so curious about the lives of African Americans at this time in history. Theirs are lives whose stories are never told by the mainstream media and there are so many of them. Thank goodness for the internet.
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