Michael Boulware Moore is currently the democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in South Carolina's 1st district running for the seat his great-great grandfather once held. He was the founding president of the International African American Museum and performs as a keynote speaker at universities, conferences, museums, and other organizations all across the nation telling the story of his great-great grandfather. Michael is well known as a profound business man, and Freedom on the Sea is his first children's book.