Chris Carola, The Associated PressAfrican-AmericanBlack Seaman’s 1861 Heroics Recalled in New FilmAmong highlights in the documentary “Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider” is the story of William Tillman, a Black seaman whose heroics thwarted the sale of a schooner that had been captured by the Jefferson Davis, a Southern privateer that seized several Union ships during the Civil War.July 12, 2011Page 1 of 1
