Blockade Runners

To celebrate Revolution 250, from August 15^th to August 21^st, the Mayflower II Fuller Shallop and its crew—led by the Mayflower II’s Captain Whit Perry—will undertake a once-in-a-lifetime voyage honoring the Revolutionary War blockade-running exploits of Paul Cuffe. In each port visitors will be able to view the shallop and chat with her captain and crew. In Westport, Cuttyhunk and Nantucket, visitors can view a new film featuring Paul Cuffe. FREE. 

Westport Point (8/15 and 8/16)

Padanaram (8/17)

Clark’s Cove (8/18)

Cuttyhunk Island (8/19)

Nantucket (8/21)

ALSO

Cuffe: Taxed, a new film by Anita Allison

5.30 PM Thursday August 13

New Bedford Whaling Museum

Paul Cuffe is sick of paying taxes to a government that won’t let him vote. But when you’re a Black and Wampanoag mariner in the middle of the American Revolution, dodging the British Navy is somehow the easier part of your life.

On a risky mission to deliver food to war-ravaged Nantucket, Paul and his ever-resourceful brother-in-law, Michael Wainer, find themselves outgunned, and overloaded. Their boat is slow to make way under the weight of both supplies and a very unnecessary grandfather clock. Paul faces a tough choice: save the food for the starving people or deliver the clock and make money to pay his taxes and avoid jail. A fast-paced, sharp-witted historical adventure, CUFFE: Taxed proves that sometimes the biggest fight isn’t on the battlefield.

For tickets and information, contact the New Bedford Whaling Museum