Helen Lundström Erwin's Blog, page 5
January 13, 2015
Moncure Conway shows up
Helen Lundström ErwinOne of the historical people that are used fictionally in my novel is Moncure Conway.
What is especially interesting about Moncure Conway for me is that I happened upon him by chance and that he had a somewhat similar story to my character James.
My husband was traveling with me when I did research for James' Journey, or...should I say I was traveling with him, I don't like to drive so he has to drive everywhere. I'm very lucky to have him.
Anyway, we had been driving around all day visiting plantations and Underground Railroad sights. We had seen a lot and we were exhausted. We had already booked a motel about an hour further down the highway when we suddenly saw a sign for another motel only 10 minutes away and for less than half the price.
We canceled our first motel booking, checked in and settled in for the night.
My husband began to surf the internet to see if there was something interesting for us to see at this unplanned stop.
Was there ever, he found Moncure Conway, and not only was he an important historical person who became an outspoken abolitionist, he had a similar story to James. He grew up with slaves, was for slavery for a while and then
became abolitionist. It felt very meant to be that we happened upon him.
The next morning we had a delicious breakfast at a cute country style restaurant and then we visited the house where Moncure Conway grew up,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_H...
What is especially interesting about Moncure Conway for me is that I happened upon him by chance and that he had a somewhat similar story to my character James.
My husband was traveling with me when I did research for James' Journey, or...should I say I was traveling with him, I don't like to drive so he has to drive everywhere. I'm very lucky to have him.
Anyway, we had been driving around all day visiting plantations and Underground Railroad sights. We had seen a lot and we were exhausted. We had already booked a motel about an hour further down the highway when we suddenly saw a sign for another motel only 10 minutes away and for less than half the price.
We canceled our first motel booking, checked in and settled in for the night.
My husband began to surf the internet to see if there was something interesting for us to see at this unplanned stop.
Was there ever, he found Moncure Conway, and not only was he an important historical person who became an outspoken abolitionist, he had a similar story to James. He grew up with slaves, was for slavery for a while and then
became abolitionist. It felt very meant to be that we happened upon him.
The next morning we had a delicious breakfast at a cute country style restaurant and then we visited the house where Moncure Conway grew up,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_H...
