See every side of every news story

Published 17 days ago • loading... • Updated 17 days ago

Black History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant

Summary by Old Salt Blog

Captain Absalom Boston Over nearly three centuries of whaling, some 175,000 men went to sea in 2,700 ships. Of the 2,500 masters who captained these ships, at least 52 were men of color. In honor of Black History Month, here is an updated repost about Absalom Boston, captain of the whaleship Industry, which sailed in 1822 with an all-black crew. Absalom Boston was born in Nantucket in 1785 to Seneca Boston, an African-American ex-slave, and Tha…

This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

1 Articles

1 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

Black History Month: Absalom Boston, Whaling Ship Captain & Merchant

Captain Absalom Boston Over nearly three centuries of whaling, some 175,000 men went to sea in 2,700 ships. Of the 2,500 masters who captained these ships, at least 52 were men of color. In honor of Black History Month, here is an updated repost about Absalom Boston, captain of the whaleship Industry, which sailed in 1822 with an all-black crew. Absalom Boston was born in Nantucket in 1785 to Seneca Boston, an African-American ex-slave, and Tha…

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year

Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Coverage Details

Total News Sources1

Leaning Left0Leaning Right0Center0Last Updated16 days agoBias Distribution

No sources with tracked biases.

Bias Distribution

There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Untracked bias

Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

Old Salt Blog broke the news in 17 days ago on Friday, February 7, 2025.

Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Similar News Topics