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The corridor was also traversed by boatmen sailing the Mississippi River; enslaved people; soldiers; traveling preachers and more.
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
Cove, 2025, the right panel of a triptych, appears at first to be a pastoral scene of boatmen on a tropical shore.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Hayley and her daughter, Frith, live in a cabin in Vermont’s Green Mountains to hide out from Frith’s father, a Louisiana boatman and dangerous addict.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
What’s more, actions such as the disproportionate use of force through missiles launched at poor boatmen in the Caribbean violate international human rights treaties.
—Gustavo Petro, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
Cove, 2025, the right panel of a triptych, appears at first to be a pastoral scene of boatmen on a tropical shore.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Hayley and her daughter, Frith, live in a cabin in Vermont’s Green Mountains to hide out from Frith’s father, a Louisiana boatman and dangerous addict.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2025
What’s more, actions such as the disproportionate use of force through missiles launched at poor boatmen in the Caribbean violate international human rights treaties.
—Gustavo Petro, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Boatman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boatman. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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boatman
noun
boat·man
ˈbōt-mən 
: a person who manages, works on, or deals in boats
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