![]() As a result, it would never have borne the "USS" designation because it was not an American ship. It was, in essence, a British registered and American financed ship that was under *indirect* American ownership (Americans could not own British ships). Rather, the Titanic bore the designation "RMS Titanic" because it carried Royal Mail from England to the US (*R*oyal *M*ail *S*hip). Please do not take my word for it: everything Johnson did was news and and an examination of newspapers of the time will reveal no mention of his ever purchasing or attempting to purchase a ticket for the Titanic.ġ) There was no such ship as the USS Titanic at the time. ![]() ![]() The Titanic sailed exactly *once* from Southhampton, England, stopping to pick up passengers in France and Ireland before setting out to cross the Atlantic Jack Johnson was nowhere near Europe at the time. ![]() An interwoven historical lesson, with somewhat questionable counter-culture additions.įeaturing the boxer Jack Johnson being denied passage (legit) ![]()
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