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Shallow Brown

Stories of Black Sailors in the Antebellum South

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What is SHALLOW BROWN?

SHALLOW BROWN is a musical docudrama set in Virginia, 1829.  Thessalonia, an enslaved tailor, meets free sailor Levi when he asks her to unpick the seams of his coat for the radical abolition papers sewed inside. From that moment, her life and love are inextricably entwined with anti-slavery rebels including her husband, father and brothers

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Vienna Carroll with David Coffin

Connecticut Sea Music Festival

Connecticut Sea Music Festival

Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival

African Burial Ground, Portsmouth NH

Research Journey

https://youtu.be/EV-JP4XhNlE

Interview on Jordan Journal, WBAI FM

https://youtu.be/ovqob_UFf48

Black Sailors Have Tales to Tell You

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