Roll Alabama

song about the CSS Alabama.
performed by the 97th regimental string band

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[kepler1000]

@ebenezer1690

African Kings and peoples enslaved each other for thousands of years. For hundreds of years before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Arab Muslims dominated the trade and enslaved more Africans than the Europeans did. It was African Kings who sold other Africans to Europeans. Most of the African-Americans in the USA today came here before the United States even existed, were carried on ships that bore the flag of the British Empire. Holocaust means extermination not slavery.

[clsteele]

yet another stunning example of Britains once glorious ship building ability may she RIP

[Passmore246]

I love the Heart of Dixie!!!

[thewillfulldreamer]

@rockin1ify Unfortunalty I cant deny that. Haha.

[rockin1ify]

@thewillfulldreamer Africans of any kind american or original are all lazy bastards whining

all the time.

[namtesyalp]

@kepler1000 odd the ignorance of some.an example is muhammad ali that said Cassius Clay (also his father's name)was a 'slave name" but the original clay was an abolitionist famous for his fight against slavery that ali grandfather must have known about and why he named his son after him.Ironic that the ignorant ali would change his name to what match thousands of slave traders that sold his ancestors

[mobilechief]

@danny1878efc Hey can you send me some pics, I will send you some back , Thanks.

[Bruno47602]

Nice!

[thewillfulldreamer]

@kepler1000 Well said. All this talk of slavery being the "biggest scar on American history" is just what the media likes to use to distract us from problems that affect us TODAY. Plus, African Americans tend to use slavery as an excuse every time something goes wrong for them.

[stateroom12]

According to a book about Semmes and the Alabama, her boilers were far gone and her bottom was foul, so she couldn't make much speed. So, running wasn't feasible and a fight was the only option.

[danny1878efc]

wow! i live just down the road from the cammell laird ship yard where the alabama was built. its also pretty interesting to know it was crewed by the locals.

[panzerabwerkanone]

Don't forget the Kearsarge was a warship built and crew trained to engage other warships. The Alabama was a commerce raider that targeted and engaged largely unarmed or lightly armed merchant ships. Each optimized for their purpose. The advantage was to the Kearsarge in a ship on ship duel.