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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
Not "just another Civil War novel." You will question your own definition of freedom, morality and humanity as you share the joys, sorrows and experiences of the main characters who have all struggled to re-define what it means to be free.

Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
FREEDOM CALLING: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea by Dana Vacca
Book Highlights / Excerpts

The Lady Grey is a 19th century whale ship - a barque, in style. Her home port was New Bedford, Massachusetts but her whaling voyages, lasting one to two years, took her all over the globe.

Book Excerpt ...the captain walked the starboard stretch of the sternmost upper deck - his private retreat. Most of his time, though, was spent on the quarterdeck, just behind the main mast of the ship. That was his domain, his throne, where he reigned supreme. There, he knew the real meaning of freedom that most landsmen can only imagine.



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FREEDOM CALLING: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea - by Dana Vacca

Captain Eben MacGregor, Master of the whaling ship, Lady Grey.
"...always present, like my own breath, was the sound of the blue-violet sea that whished along the sides of the great wooden ship like liquid silk as, heeled over with the wind on her quarter, the LADY GREY softly cut her path to the north."

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FREEDOM CALLING by Dana Vacca
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Celia had never seen a place like New Bedford,.... The busy sea-faring village was a melting pot of cultures and its townspeople, as a whole, were friendly and congenial. One could not find a place more accepting of differences in skin color or customs than New Bedford,...

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Book Excerpts - The Captain's House

"Facing me was a fine, gracious mansard with an ornately-corbeled roof and a projecting bay, like the arc of a rainbow that made the front of the residence resemble the prow of a ship. At the highest point was a crested turret with windows like large spectacles looking to the sea. Altogether, it bespoke opulence, and that the captain was, undoubtedly, a man of means,..."

County Street, New Bedford, just a short walk from the wharf, was where many sea captains and ship owners built large, magnificent homes for themselves and their families. From rooftop cupola's or widow's walks they had almost a bird's eye view of the harbor and could keep an close watch on their ships being loaded, unloaded or re-fitted.

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Book Excerpts - New Bedford Harbor

New Bedford harbor was teeming with activity. Sailing ships coming and going, - loading and unloading cargo in the wharf district...... New Bedford was also the whaling capitol of the world!,.... it was the city that lit the world with its constant supply of whale oil to light the lanterns of homes everywhere!


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I will be doing a Meet & Greet Book Signing launching my new book, FREEDOM CALLING!
It will be at The Malted Barley LITERARY SALON in Westerly, RI on Tues night, August 28th at 7 pm!

If you're in the area, stop by! See the new book, say "HI" and have an ice cold, craft beer or nice, cool, designer Hard Cider!

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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea

FREEDOM CALLING - Book Highlights
African-American Soldiers in the Civil War

After May 1863 many of the freed men were allowed to enlist in the Union Army and a great many of them served in the army's management of the camps.
Black leaders like Frederick Douglass encouraged African-American men to become soldiers as it would ensure their eventual US citizenship. The US government formed the Bureau of Colored Troops to organize the increasing numbers of black volunteer soldiers.

Approximately one hundred and ninety thousand black men volunteered during the course of the Civil War, and more than eighty of them became commissioned officers. Besides being soldiers many served as army carpenters, cooks, guards and chaplains. Black women also volunteered. Women were not allowed to join the army or navy, but could serve as nurses, scouts and spies.

Because of racial prejudice, even among Union soldiers, black men were not used as often in combat. But the soldiers who saw combat fought bravely and tenaciously. Sixteen had been awarded to the Medal of Honor for valor, like this soldier pictured. He is Andrew Jackson Smith, recipient of the MEDAL OF HONOR.

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