No Longer Yours: Aspects of Slavery and Freedom Seeking in North CarolinaMain MenuCreative Commons LicensePreface and AcknowledgementsArcOnline Maps and ArcStory MapsAdditional Project ComponentsIntroductionEarthWoodFireWaterWindEscapingNetwork to Freedom Underground Railroad LocationsMaps and Additional ResourcesResourcesBrian Robinson351175f8b63e375b96b75c26edde5534c94e8162Torren Gatson9cd3f098d43ed240801c35d1d0fd0737b5602944Rhonda Jones4c7a2610c10c17f5b487bcebc8abbbf64c221aa6Arwin Smallwood329b2d587e93ceaac77a3b3e316b5ce377128ac0Self-Publish
As coastal North Carolina was a world of waters, it is important to note the dangers of waterways. Several enslaved people drowned in these waters. Newspapers across the state listed drowning and sometimes discussed circumstances leading up to the unfortunate event. One enslaved man drowned by falling from the streamer called Governor Graham and two enslaved women drowned in the Tar river because the river was swollen from rain. Some drowned when fishing, falling overboard. Others drowned from boating incidents, such as when the streamer Jas. P Grist ran over a boat with white men and two black men aboard. The white men were saved, but two black men drowned. Drowning was a common occurrence at the time and region.
