"For the 'Deliverance of Their Race'" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 02 Jun 2022 4:32 a.m. PST |
The aristocrats from Paris went down to Cherbourg, France, by special train to join the crowd lining the shore and cheering on the Confederate commerce raider Alabama in an epic duel at sea with the Union sloop of war USS Kearsarge on June 19, 1864… Military: link |
Shagnasty  | 02 Jun 2022 9:08 a.m. PST |
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| Tortorella | 02 Jun 2022 12:27 p.m. PST |
Great article, was not aware. Thanks, Bill |
| Bozkashi Jones | 05 Jun 2022 1:42 a.m. PST |
Very interesting. Is it just me getting the impression that the navies of the world were relatively more integrated and 'equal' than land forces? The role of black sailors in Nelson's navy is now quite well known – the Royal Navy even had it's first black Captain, Jack Perkins, in 1800! link Nick |
| Pyrate Captain | 15 Jun 2022 10:52 a.m. PST |
I think it was just harder to find landsmen and waisters then it was to draft soldiers. I never really read of any press gang altrusim. |
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