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“The Crab Picker”

“The Crab Picker”

By Black-Oral-Histories | February 26, 2025

For the last 92 years, Goldring Satchell has called Belhaven, NC home. When she was 16 she tired of school and went to work for Fish and Oyster. And there she remained for the next 46 years before retiring.  Satchell shares her memories of growing up in this small coastal river town and life as a crab picker.

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