View of the coast, near Beverly

Title:

View of the coast, near Beverly

Description:

Mingo Beach, Hale Street, looking west. Mingo Beach was named after a slave named Robin Mingo, who was promised his freedom if the tide ever went low enough to walk to Aunt Becky's Ledge, just offshore. It happened the year he died.

Subject:

Mingo Beach (Beverly, Mass.)

Beaches -- Massachusetts -- Beverly;Shorelines -- Massachusetts -- Beverly

Collection :

Beverly Picture Collection

Tags :

Citation :

"View of the coast, near Beverly," in NOBLE Digital Heritage, Item #11777, http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11777 (accessed May 19, 2013).