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Master and Commander...
"Don White" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote: Jim Carter wrote: "Dr. Dr. Smithers" Ask Me about my Phd @ Diploma Mill .com wrote in message ... Harry, Are you sure their were many injuries and deaths on a war ship? Did the infantry during that time have many injuries and deaths when they went into battle? I took Harry's comment to mean that every day life aboard ships, in those days, would be risky to life and limb. Do your replies have to be so sarcastic? Why don't you grow up and act your age? Jim That's precisely what I meant. You just never knew when you stepped aboard a warship or even commercial ship in the 19th Century whether you would return and if you did whether you'd have all your limbs, and you didn't even have to be in a battle to sustain a horrific shipboard injury. It was very dangerous work. Smithers is a lost cause. He's only here to see who he can hector, and he's in a permanently ****ed-off mode because I never see about 90% of the "barbs" he tosses at me. Here the British Navy had to operate 'Press Gangs' to re-man their ships and replace sailors injured, sick or dead in the course of their duties. Especially after the ungrateful rabble in Boston threw out the Brits, my home port became the main naval base on this side of the Atlantic. Up to 70 British naval ships could be here at one time....and few people clamored to join up. http://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/halifaxcity.html They had to force people to man the ships as after a naval battle, most of the gunnery crews were deaf, and could not hear orders. They had to be replaced. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Bob wrote: On 2 Nov 2005 08:18:12 -0800, wrote: I once read an interesting statistic concerning ships transporting slaves through the "Middle Passage". I believe the book was "The Slave Trade". It said that the death rate among the sailors on these ships was about 15-20% whereas the death rate of the slaves being transported was normally lower than that. The reason was that slaves were valueable cargo whereas seamen were considered expendable. too bad all the sailors didn't die. maybe they would have learned a lesson. It would be pretty tough to lay more than a portion the moral blame for the slave trade at the feet of the sailors working the ships. In some cases, these ships recruited a "crew" among natives on the Ivory Coast, and after sailing to the West Indies these so-called "crewmen" were sold into slavery as well. Blame for slave trade must be shared, IMO, by: Arab and African slavers who raided farms and villages to gather prisoners to sell into slavery. (Forget the opening scenes of "Roots" where a bunch of overweight Europeans are running alongside hounds to catch the natives on their own turf.) European "factory" traders who established trading posts and holding pens on the E coast of Africa and traded cheap muskets, fabrics, trinkets, and tiny amounts of currency for captives. European governments which profited from the trade. European churches and other social agencies which failed to adequately condemn it. Colonial planters who depended upon it. Consumers of cheap goods and agricultural produce that resulted from a slave economy. While the US gets the majority of attention for slavery in the American SE, slavery was also common in the north during the earliest years of the Republic. Slavery was legal in most corners of the British Empire until some time around 1830, (or so). We now quite often mistakenly view it as a particularly American disgrace, almost 150 years after the Emancipation, but it was a world-wide economic model- and problem. And the only reason we did not ban slavery when, actually before Britain, was the fact Whitney invented the cotton gin and cotton plantations expanded greatly. Up until that time, was becoming an uneconomical model. |
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Master and Commander...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message ink.net... wrote in message ups.com... Bob wrote: On 2 Nov 2005 08:18:12 -0800, wrote: I once read an interesting statistic concerning ships transporting slaves through the "Middle Passage". I believe the book was "The Slave Trade". It said that the death rate among the sailors on these ships was about 15-20% whereas the death rate of the slaves being transported was normally lower than that. The reason was that slaves were valueable cargo whereas seamen were considered expendable. too bad all the sailors didn't die. maybe they would have learned a lesson. It would be pretty tough to lay more than a portion the moral blame for the slave trade at the feet of the sailors working the ships. In some cases, these ships recruited a "crew" among natives on the Ivory Coast, and after sailing to the West Indies these so-called "crewmen" were sold into slavery as well. Blame for slave trade must be shared, IMO, by: Arab and African slavers who raided farms and villages to gather prisoners to sell into slavery. (Forget the opening scenes of "Roots" where a bunch of overweight Europeans are running alongside hounds to catch the natives on their own turf.) European "factory" traders who established trading posts and holding pens on the E coast of Africa and traded cheap muskets, fabrics, trinkets, and tiny amounts of currency for captives. European governments which profited from the trade. European churches and other social agencies which failed to adequately condemn it. Colonial planters who depended upon it. Consumers of cheap goods and agricultural produce that resulted from a slave economy. While the US gets the majority of attention for slavery in the American SE, slavery was also common in the north during the earliest years of the Republic. Slavery was legal in most corners of the British Empire until some time around 1830, (or so). We now quite often mistakenly view it as a particularly American disgrace, almost 150 years after the Emancipation, but it was a world-wide economic model- and problem. And the only reason we did not ban slavery when, actually before Britain, was the fact Whitney invented the cotton gin and cotton plantations expanded greatly. Up until that time, was becoming an uneconomical model. Slavery is still a problem in parts of Africa |
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Master and Commander...
"Dr. Dr. Smithers" Ask Me about my Phd @ Diploma Mill .com wrote in message ... JimC, To point out that the 17th 18th Century ships were a tough place to live, is like saying an atomic bomb can be very destructive. I was highlighting the foolishness of Harry's statement, the same as you would if I made a completely obvious statement, and assumed it was words of wisdom. PS - Did you know there are sarcastic people in Usenet? Dr. Smithers, I do believe you are assuming that all people would know, on this rec. boating newsgroup, everything about early shipping on the high seas. A lot of people here do not even comprehend today's dangers that are involved in taking a sailing vessel off shore. Would you agree? IMO This is not the same as your comparison statement of atomic energy released via a bomb. I was thinking that you, as a Dr., should know how to act like an adult and, yes, I do know that you are using Usenet and you are a user of childish sarcasm. Jim |
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Master and Commander...Battle of Trafalgar
I just check a recent National Geographic article about the Battle of
Trafalgar, of the sixty ships in the battle there were a total of 8000 sailors who lost their lives Dr. Dr. Smithers wrote: JimC ps - Anyone who doesn't know that sailors lived a tough life in the 18th and 19th century is so brain dead, I doubt they know how to turn on a computer. The deaths from disease and lack of proper nutrition alone was sky high, forget the lack of OSHA laws. ; ) "Jim Carter" wrote in message .. . "Dr. Dr. Smithers" Ask Me about my Phd @ Diploma Mill .com wrote in message . .. Jim C, I must have missed your rebuts when Harry makes sarcastic comments and off color degrading comments to anyone who disagrees with his political philosophy. Since my sarcastic comments are 90% less than those made by Harry, and I never use profanity to make a point, I know you must have come down very hard on poor Harry. You must have majored in "sarcasm" in school. Grow up. Jim |
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Master and Commander...Battle of Trafalgar
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Smithers' agenda in this newsgroup has nothing to do with boats, boating, discussion of boating subjects, et cetera. That should be obvious to just about anyone. Harry, You have said a number of times that the only reason you come into rec.boats is to insult the Reich wing trash. Why do you insist in "Playing" everyone in rec.boats? |
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Master and Commander...
On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:28:25 -0500, P Fritz wrote:
Slavery is still a problem in parts of Africa Unfortunately, you don't have to go to Africa to find the problem. http://articles.news.aol.com/news/ar..._ccc=6&cid=842 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4534393.stm In point of fact, human trafficking has surpassed drugs. It is now the number one financial source of organized crime. |
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