Even a lacing he had received in San Francisco at the hands of a negro stevedore struck him as being humorous.

Once he raised his voice, and a negro stevedore rushed frantically aft, as if he had received the end of a lightning-bolt.

This queer building had been built by a negro stevedore because of a deep admiration for the steamboats on which he had made his living.

Regiments of Negro stevedores, earlier in the year, had been drafted and sent overseas.