. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. a man among the men with whom he has associated during his ; The other inspector, Charles Shoemaker, added: "I am aware that no colored man holds the position of keeper in the Lifesaving Service ... and yet such as are surfmen .... I am fully convinced that the interests of the Lifesaving Service here, in point of efficiency, will be greatly advanced by the appointment of this man to the Keepership of Station No. ; Etheridge was a proven leader. Born on the beaches near Oregon Inlet,
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. a man among the men with whom he has associated during his ; The other inspector, Charles Shoemaker, added: "I am aware that no colored man holds the position of keeper in the Lifesaving Service ... and yet such as are surfmen .... I am fully convinced that the interests of the Lifesaving Service here, in point of efficiency, will be greatly advanced by the appointment of this man to the Keepership of Station No. ; Etheridge was a proven leader. Born on the beaches near Oregon Inlet, he had grown up by the water, learning the secrets of the sea and the tides along the Outer Banks. When the Union Army opened its ranks to blacks during the Civil War in 1863, Etheridge enlisted. He served in the 36th Colored Troops, fought at the Battle of New Market Heights and was eventually promoted to regimental commissary sergeant. Etheridge was a man committed to justice. While fighting for the emanci- pation of slaves, he also engaged in the struggle behind Union lines to end mistreatment of blacks. In 1865, he drafted a letter to the commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau on behalf of his fellow black soldiers of the 36th to protest Union injustices at home on the Outer Banks. "... [T]he white soldiers break into our houses, act as they please, steal our chickens, rob our gardens, and if any Continued Black watermen along the Outer Banks enlisted in the Lifesaving Service. Integrated rosters, called "checkerboard" crews, were common along the coast with as many as 19 blacks serving in North Carolina stations from 1874 to The all-black crew of the Pea Island Lifesaving Station pose with keeper Richard Etheridge (on far left) in 1896. COASTWATCH 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resembl
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