[1] Hugh Nathaniel Mulzac was born March 26, 1886, on Union Island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1] (SVG).

Hugh’s grandfather Charles Malzac (sic), was a white man and a native of St. Kitts W.I....[3] The Mulzac/Malzac family were descended from a French Huguenot galley slave who escaped the sinking of the ship, ‘Notre Dame de Bonne Esperance” off the coast of Martinique in 1687.

[11] He joined with Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and served as a Captain on the SS Yarmouth[12] of the Black Star Line.

Under his command, over 18,000 troops were transported around the world, and additionally "carrying vital war supplies such as tanks, aircraft and ammunition to the European front.

The Union included a clause that stipulated that there should be no discrimination based on color, race, political creed, religion or national origin.After the war, Mulzac could not regain a position as captain.

Mulzac was a self-taught painter, and in 1958, thirty-two of his oil paintings were put on exhibit at one man show in the Countee Cullen Library in Manhattan.