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The Black Star Line surprised all its critics when, only three months after being incorporated, the first of four ships, Yarmouth was bought with the intention of renaming it Frederick Douglass. Yarmouth was a collier in the First World War, and was in poor condition when the Black Star Line bought her.
This sub-category lists all ships which sailed for the Black Star Line. Pages in category "Ships of the Black Star Line" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
As a part of this effort, he established the Black Star Line with funding from a stock issue, at $5 a share from members of his United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The name of the Black Star Line was a play on the White Star Line, the owner of the Titanic. [3] [18] Garvey was determined to employ an all-black crew for the venture.
Black Star Line brochure, featuring a doctored photo of Orion. On 6 April 1917 the USA declared war on Germany, and seized German ships in US ports. On 11 June the USSB announced that it would time trip charter Prinz Oskar, Rhaetia, and the Deutsch-Australische DG ship Magdeburg to the Italian government. [32]
The Black Star Line was the name used by American sailing packets owned by the New York firm of Williams and Guion from 1848 to 1866. [1] The line owned 18 ships on the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route. [ 1 ]
"Notably, Mr. Garvey created the Black Star Line, the first Black-owned shipping line and method of international travel, and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, which celebrated ...
Black Star Line (1919−1922) — a shipping line founded by Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association ... Ships of the Black Star Line (3 P)
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