
Hammond got Boardley a job setting up experiments for the faculty at the Naval Academy. The enslaver kept all the money Boardley earned except for $5 a month.
Boardley sold his first small steam engine, powerful enough to run a small boat, to a midshipman. His next steam engine was bigger. And he wasn’t done yet.
To achieve Black liberation, we must be willing to do anything. Sometimes, this may mean giving up something we’ve worked hard for in the promise of a greater reward. For Boardley, this reward was his freedom. How can we make the best use of our own gifts and talents to achieve Black liberation?