Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.
recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers
Wright, David
2000
Tells the story of former slave and Civil War veteran Richard Etheridge's command of the only all-Black station in the U.S. Life-Saving Service, a rescue organization formed in 1871 to protect ships' crews and cargo.
