I feel like this absolutely should’ve come up in at least one of the American history classes I took in high school or college.
I’ve never heard about any of this (content warning: it’s absolutely horrible, but worth learning about historical atrocities by the US) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_F...
Normally my Wikipedia rabbitholes are delightful and relaxing, I didn’t expect this one to get so dark.
Why was I reading about ammunition incidents? Well I was inspired to learn more about boats with ammunition by this bsky.app/profile/gari...
Have I sailed as close as you are legally allowed to do to have a nose at the SS Montgomery?
Of course.
Moment I knew she existed, I was out there faster than Jay Hulme when he spots a rickety ladder in a church.
Here she is:
So you know about the Halifax Explosion then?
