Editing Joshua Slocum (section)

===The ''Liberdade''===
After being stranded in Brazil with his wife and sons Garfield and Victor, he started building a boat that could sail them home. He used local materials, salvaged materials from the ''Aquidneck'', and worked with local workers. The boat was launched on May 13, 1888, the very day slavery was [[Slavery in Brazil#Steps towards freedom|abolished in Brazil]], and therefore the ship was given the name ''Liberdade'', the Portuguese word for freedom.
It was an unusual {{convert|35|ft|m|adj=on}} [[junk rig|junk]]-rigged design which he described as "half [[Cape Ann dory]] and half Japanese [[sampan]]".<ref name=VoyageLiberdade>Slocum (1890), ''Voyage of the Liberdade''</ref> He and his family began their voyage back to the United States, his son Victor (15) being the mate.

After fifty-five days at sea and 5510 miles,<ref>Victor Slocum (1950), p. 193</ref> the Slocums reached Cape Roman, [[South Carolina]]<ref>Cape Roman {{Coord|33|3|48|N|79|20|43|W|display=inline|name=Cape Roman}}</ref> and continued inland to Washington D.C. for the winter and finally reaching Boston via New York in 1889.<ref name=VoyageLiberdade/> This was the last time Henrietta sailed with the family. In 1890, Slocum published his accounts of these adventures in ''Voyage of the Liberdade''.<ref name=VoyageLiberdade/><ref>Berthold pp. xxi–xxii</ref>