Black men in Eighteenth Century America had few opportunities but if he were sent to sea, things could change. Sailing from Rhode Island to Amsterdam and then St. Petersburg, Limbo Robinson deserted and made his way to East Yorkshire, England. There he signed on to a multi-cultured ship working as a capable seaman and living his life as a free man.
Black men in Eighteenth Century America had few opportunities but if he were sent to sea, things could change. Sailing from Rhode Island to Amsterdam and then St. Petersburg, Limbo Robinson deserted and made his way to East Yorkshire, England. There he signed on to a multi-cultured ship working as a capable seaman and living his life as a free man.