"Two Captains From Carolina"

Bland Simpson Discusses "Two Captains from Carolina" Sept. 13
Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012
Wilson Special Collections Library
5:30 p.m. Lecture | Pleasants Family Assembly Room
Free and open to the public
A former slave turned freight captain and a Confederate blockade runner. Author Bland Simpson brings these historical figures to life in his latest book, Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War.
Simpson will discuss and read from his work in a free public program on Thursday, Sept. 13, in the Wilson Special Collections Library.
The 5:30 p.m. program in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room is free and open to the public.
For more information, please see:
http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/news/index.php/2012/08/bland-simpson-discusses-two-captains-from-carolina-sept-13/