the captain of a ship works at sea.
the captain of a ship works at sea.
where does the captain of a ship work?
at sea
after the casquette girls disembark from the ship and meet their future husbands, the captain of the ship comments that marietta has escaped and orders people to search for her. all of the people then leave, including the ship's captain, just as captain warrington arrives on the wharf with two of his men. having been prevented from searching for bras piqué on land, warrington has decided to search for the pirate at sea and wants to charter a ship in which to do so. because the ship's captain is away from his ship, captain warrington sits down to await his return. hearing 'psst!' a couple of times, he turns around and discovers that the sound is coming from a lady hiding in a large trunk on the wharf. marietta asks captain warrington to help her escape, stating that she would not marry him. when captain warrington informs her that he is an american, she asks him to take her to america so that she can be free to marry whom she wishes. captain warrington says that he does not intend to get married either and he and marietta decide to be friends (""it never can be love""). observing this, from a position of hiding, is the sailor who had been rejected by marietta.
naughty marietta (max liebman presents)
as a slave teamoh was hired out during the 1830s until 1853 as a caulker, laborer and ship-carpenter at the norfolk navy yard, fort monroe and private businesses in the greater norfolk area. by the 1830s, norfolk navy yard (then known as gosport navy yard) and other naval shipyards began to experience difficulties securing qualified ship caulkers. in the letter below, captain louis warrington writing to the board of navy commissioners, acknowledged qualified ship caulkers were essential and in short supply at norfolk and requested to hire caulker apprentices. while not stated in captain warrington's message, ship caulking had become a trade predominately associated with african americans. by the 1840s the shipyard had fifteen black caulkers and five white caulkers. "by the time i was of age – 21 – and had learned a branch of mechanics known as ( caulking- ship work) ... when i took a "job" of caulking at the same place on one of the government flats." caulking was hard and dirty work, consequently often one by enslaved or free blacks. typically caulkers worked done with a special hammer or wedge, then hot pitch was poured on the oakum and a hot caulking iron applied tar to seal the seam. some slaveholders (including jane thomas), allowed their bondsmen to seek work on their own and to negotiate with potential employers. frederick douglass who as a slave worked as a caulker in a baltimore maryland shipyard described how the system worked:
george teamoh