A Story of High Seas Heroism: The Recapture of the Schooner S.J. Waring by William Tillman
April 8, 2023
By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. William Tillman, a steward and cook on the merchant schooner S.J. Waring, was faced with a brutal choice: slavery or death. The vessel was boarded by men from the rebel privateer Jeff Davis, and Tillman was told that he, like the ship, was southern property and would be sold into bondage when […]
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