6. Currituck Jack Summary

In the days of the American Revolution, the British navy makes things hard for the colonists by setting up a blockade around certain ports, so that the people of Boston have very little access to supplies. In North Carolina, a Quaker named Caleb White wants to do something to help. It is against their religious beliefs for Quakers to participate in violent activity, so Caleb helps the war effort by building a small, fast ship to run supplies past the blockade. The ship, which is painted completely black so that she can sneak around undetected at night, is called the Polly. When the Polly is finished, Caleb, his relative Sam, and a slave named Jack load her up with supplies and head up the Atlantic coast toward Boston.

By a coincidence, the Polly happens to come into contact with the Fame...