From the info blurb on PatchMusic: "A captain and his slave, Benjamin Darling, shipwreck off the coast of Maine wherein the slave saves the captain’s life. To show his gratitude, the captain frees the slave. Darling is the first black man to settle in Maine. I found this book when I was there in 1998 with “How’s Your News?” So I read his story and I found it really inspiring but I filed it away. Then, nine years later I was playing a chord progression and it brought back that story as if it had been waiting that entire time for the right music."
From the info blurb on PatchMusic: "A captain and his slave, Benjamin Darling, shipwreck off the coast of Maine wherein the slave saves the captain’s life. To show his gratitude, the captain frees the slave. Darling is the first black man to settle in Maine. I found this book when I was there in 1998 with “How’s Your News?” So I read his story and I found it really inspiring but I filed it away. Then, nine years later I was playing a chord progression and it brought back that story as if it had been waiting that entire time for the right music."