Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key West, Florida
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key West, Florida

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Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum in Key West, Florida Press

January 24, 1997

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT—FOR COMMUNITY CALENDAR OR ARTS CALENDAR OR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PUBLIC INVITED TO SPIRITS OF THE PASSAGE   BOOK SIGNING

THE EARLIEST SLAVE SHIP EVER DISCOVERED, THE HENRIETTA MARIE, LIES IN A WATERY GRAVE OFF THE EAST COAST OF KEY WEST—AND YOU’RE INVITED TO WITNESS THE DEBUT OF THE BOOK THAT TELLS ITS STORY.

THE MEL FISHER MARITIME HERITAGE SOCIETY WILL HOLD A RELEASE PARTY AND BOOK SIGNING ON FEBRUARY 12 FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. FOR SPIRITS OF THE PASSAGE—A GRIPPING TALE OF THE INFAMOUS MARITIME SLAVE TRADE AND THE COURAGE OF ITS AFRICAN VICTIMS—WRITTEN BY SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MADELEINE BURNSIDE AND PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER.

THIS HISTORIC EVENING IS A MUST FOR EVERYONE INTERESTED IN COMPELLING LITERATURE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, OR FLORIDA KEYS SHIPWRECKS.   DISCOVER SPIRITS OF THE PASSAGE ... FEBRUARY 12 FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. AT 200 GREENE STREET. 

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