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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Kirk Monroe

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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Learning The Fundamentals Behind Why Benefit of the Clergy Was Paramount

Determine whether Colonial Virginian’s had a multiple level system of courts. Find out what constituted felony offenses within the Virginia Colony and whether Witchcraft was one of them. Go behind the scenes and determine how Virginia Colony’s Governor’s got appointed. Explore what legal steps got taken if evidence was strong against someone accused of engaging in witchcraft. Get an in depth analysis behind multiple Witchcraft Laws that English Parliament enacted during the years of 1542, 1563, & 1604. Learn what was so dramatic come the year 1736 involving witchcraft? Get introduced to George Webb including what he published in the year of 1736. Discover just how far back Benefit of the Clergy dates. Understand importance behind Psalm 51 including its significance following one’s having committed a sin. Determine exactly who benefited from Benefit of the Clergy in Virginia Colony prior to 1732. Learn the story behind an enslaved woman in the Virginia Colony named Mary Aggie including how she led the fight in expanding Benefit of the Clergy beyond its existing status.

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4 days ago

1 hour 13 minutes 53 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Getting Introduced To Multiple Tactics Behind Thwarting Off Evil

Agree if it’s fair to say that the practice behind creating a human image is much older than believing in Satanic Witchcraft. Learn what purposes poppets symbolized including Colonial Virginian’s takes on them. Explore what specific actions could’ve been taken against a poppet figure. Get an understanding behind what witchcraft transformation is all about. Receive a brief introduction to Grace Sherwood including what she got accused of performing come year 1698. Agree if Grace Sherwood’s name will come up again in other upcoming episodes. Determine whether the terms swimming and ducking are intertwined with one another. Go behind the scenes and learn how accused witches’ innocence and guilt were determined. Understand what purpose a ducking stool served including its use involving witchcraft. Learn how Horseshoes in Colonial Times were widely used for thwarting off evil spirits. Get introduced to amulets including their existence within Virginia Colony amongst English Settlers and Indians. Understand what saws refer to when dealing exactly with witchcraft. Explore how items from Witch Bottles, Witch Boxes, and Shoes went about deterring away evil spirits.

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1 week ago

56 minutes 59 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Discovering Firsthand Just How Old Witchcraft Truly Is

Discover what truly defines the most common interpretation behind full meaning of being a witch. Determine exactly how people tend to associate witches with certain well known familiar images. Learn just how old “witchcraft” itself is. Explore the notion into witchcraft being connected to societies that believed in both black and white magic. Figure out exactly what constituted a devil’s mark. Learn if pricking someone could be used as an effective tool behind determining whether they really were a witch. Determine if the Virginia Court’s went about ordering examinations for devil’s or witch’s marks. Get an in depth analysis into the role familiar refers to in dealing with witchcraft. Agree if it’s fair to say that most people in the Virginia Colony firmly believed witches could fly. Learn how flight or flying got widely mentioned during Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trials. Discover how many people believed that witches were to have gone as far as riding horses including other farm animals for flight. Learn how it was possible for those to believe that a witch required ointments in order to fly. Get an in depth analysis behind one custom which never made it to the Virginia Colony, but yet holds true relevancy. Discover the utmost commonly held belief which many colonial Virginian’s held regarding weather and its connection with witchcraft. Learn how one woman met a tragic fate in the year 1654 involving witchcraft while onboard a ship en route to Virginia. Get a basic understanding behind weather witching or weather magic and if it existed in the Virginia Colony.

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2 weeks ago

1 hour 6 minutes 58 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Exploring The Evolution Behind Virginia Colony’s Early Establishment

Get an in depth analysis behind what comes to our mind when learning about the year 1607. Learn how objectives on paper look great, but yet lose their luster when an endless list of bad karma began to play out for 104 English Colonists. Determine if it’s fair to say that there were different groups of people based upon societal class ranks who came over to the New World in 1607. Get introduced to Captain John Smith and how his leadership brought order amongst people of different classes, but yet fell apart after his leaving the Virginia Colony. Discover just how bad the Virginia Colony’s situation had become during the winter of 1609-1610 including what many settlers resorted to doing which could be characterized as unimaginable, but yet tragically happened. Go behind the scenes and get acquainted with Sir Thomas Dale including his leadership skills during period from 1611-1619. Learn about a monumental moment in the Virginia Colony which occurred on July 30,1619. Discover the surprise in store for our next Podcast Book Topic Series Discussion including whether it’s about Jamestown Settlement or something else considered prevalent throughout Britain’s 13 North American Colonies during colonial times.

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3 weeks ago

1 hour 6 minutes 7 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

A Tavern Keeper Who Did More Than Just Operate Taverns

Discover just how big New York City was when Samuel Fraunces first arrived there during the early 1750’s. Determine exactly how many tavern licenses got issued in the year 1756 and whether Mr. Samuel Fraunces was a recipient to one of them. Learn if 1762 was considered to be a successful year for Samuel Fraunces in terms of operating a tavern establishment. Go behind the scenes and learn how Fraunces Tavern stacked up from a logistical perspective involving people inside the establishment. Learn which other primary main purpose did Samuel Fraunces’ Tavern get used for besides entertainment. Go behind the scenes and explore how Samuel Fraunces went about meeting General George Washington including his uncovering something very sinister. Get an understanding of who the Lifeguards were and why they came under suspicion come year 1776. Learn whether Fraunces departed safely from New York prior to British General William Howe’s Troop Forces occupying the city. Determine whether or not Samuel Fraunces faced financial hardships by the time the Revolutionary War ended. Understand importance behind the role which Fraunces Tavern played come year 1783 when Revolutionary War ended. Go behind the scenes and explore how Samuel Fraunces benefited from George Washington becoming America’s first president. Get an in depth analysis into Fraunces Tavern from a modern day standpoint.

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1 month ago

1 hour 22 minutes

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

The Practice Behind What Was Acceptable In Colonial Times Per Entertainment

Discover exactly why dancing itself at one time got forbidden in early New England. Find out what the Connecticut Colony enacted law wise come year 1686 involving taverns. Go behind the scenes and discover how attitudes towards dancing gradually changed after the start of the 18th Century. Get introduced to well known Colonial Dances like Minuet and Cotillion. Learn if multiple types of dances were held in taverns. Discover how a prominent Virginian was known for his dancing skills when it came to doing the minuet. Explore various reasons behind why colonial laws governing taverns prohibited game playing. Learn how the Pennsylvania Colony enacted a law in 1682 focused on punishing card playing. Get acquainted with popular Tabletop and Board Games played in Colonial Taverns including games described as being skilled and physical. Discover which sport drew lots of attention most notably in rural taverns including the role of smoking. Get an in depth analysis report about the first well known fraternal organization in Colonial America. Learn how lodges aka taverns served as both vital social and business hubs. Agree if it’s fair to say that clubs got founded for different reasons in Colonial America. Determine if taverns had become natural settings for gatherings of political factions. Discover whether or not many of the major events which saw Britain’s subjects, the 13 Colonies, go about coordinating protests in taverns between 1760’s-1770’s.

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1 month ago

1 hour 11 minutes 34 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Appreciating Tavern Amusements In Urban and Rural Communities

Determine what would’ve been some well known common forms of 18th Century Colonial American Tavern Entertainment? Discover how one could best define what entertainment’s meaning meant during the 17th & 18th Centuries. Agree if it’s fair to say that tavern business owners in urban centers competed amongst one another for customers. Figure out whether dinners in most urban taverns followed English customs. Go behind the scenes and learn everything possible about multiple types of spaces in colonial taverns. Learn how the level of privacy a guest obtained depended heavily on their societal status. Understand exactly why 18th Century entertainment took place in a tavern versus someone’s personal home. Discover if the key difference between urban & rural taverns lied in the variety, quality, including fanciness of food presentation. Get an understanding behind why drinking was the most popular of all tavern activity practices during the 18th Century. Learn what was considered to be the most widely popular distilled liquor in Britain’s 13 North American Colonies as well as which beverage got regularly served at every tavern event. Learn the significance behind Sugar in Colonial American times. Agree if sleeping arrangements in taverns varied over time as well as from place to place. Discover in colonial times how it wasn’t uncommon for multiple people to sleep in the same bed.

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1 month ago

59 minutes 21 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Getting To Know The Logistics Behind Tavern Licensure

Agree if it’s fair to assume that licensing procedures for tavern keepers varied from one colony to another based upon region. Get an in depth analysis into understanding how tavern licensure came about based upon three primary factors. Discover if the licensing system suffered any abuses involving taverns both licensed and unlicensed. Learn what 18th Century American Tavern Keepers did to go about supplementing their income. Go behind the scenes and learn how tavern keepers got paid during the 18th Century. Learn exactly why the barter system became so strong in Colonial America including how Urban & Rural Taverns benefited from the practice. Understand what the term “bad debts” is in reference to. Learn exactly which two groups did tavern keepers regularly draw their customers from. Explore into greater depth behind why so many tavern keepers were reluctant to lend sailors sums of money including survey findings done by Virginia & Maryland State Legislatures. Determine what could’ve been the best way to describe 18th Century Colonial Roadways. Agree if it’s fair to say that taverns themselves also served as early forms of post offices.

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2 months ago

1 hour 17 minutes 4 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Tavern Keepers Performing Duties Outside Their Main Work Establishments

Would it be fair to say that 18th Century American Laws required tavern keepers to display good qualities. Get acquainted with Elijah Williams, tavern keeper from Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the different posts he held within his community. Agree if business opportunities for women in colonial times were limited. Discover if many women residing in urban areas tried their hands at tavern keeping. Get introduced to female tavern keepers in Christiana Campbell of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Ann Cross of Charleston, South Carolina. Determine whether women mainly became tavern keepers due to the fact there were limited choice options available. Understand what the term “public charge” exactly means. Go behind the scenes and explore how widowed women sought out tavern licenses for the first time before the judicial system. Agree if it’s fair to say that some women tavern owners ran facilities where behavioral standards of the time got violated. Learn how tavern keeping got to be considered a short lived practice for female business owners. Discover exactly just how many women held tavern licenses in Philadelphia between the 1760’s-1770’s. Get an in depth analysis behind the greater logistics into running an urban tavern which included more than just one’s immediate family. Explore the successes of two former enslaved men in Cato Alexander and Thomas Downing whom ran their own dining establishments.

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2 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes 50 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

America’s Urban Taverns Rising To New Levels Come Mid 18th Century

Decide if it’s fair to say come Mid 18th Century that the number of taverns in urban dwellings had greatly skyrocketed. Discover whether tavern keeping in America’s urban cities was considered a middling occupation. Determine if urban city tavern keepers were actual owners of the facilities they operated. Get introduced to John Inskeep which includes both early and later years of his life. Go behind the scenes and discover how living in a large city like Philadelphia resulted in the economic status of tavern business owners varying. Find out whether small size taverns were located along the docks of well known American Port Cities. Get introduced to beverage called “grog” including its origins. Learn if there were many grog shops which operated without a license in 18th Century America. Get an in depth analysis behind two forms of the early American Tavern which closely resembled English Institutions along with being found only in urban settings. Learn what exactly is a Tontine. Figure out why taverns began to gradually lose their control come start of 1740’s. Get introduced to Boarding Houses along with finding out whether women were frequent owners of them. Agree whether Boarding Houses did cater to a large variety of residents. Learn when the first stagecoach service came into play during Colonial American Times. Confirm if Pre Revolutionary War Era saw mixture of hurdles and triumphs involving stagecoach services. Discover some unique aspects behind taverns when it came to stagecoach travel. Get to know the importance behind “stage stops”.

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2 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes 13 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Understanding Personal Relationships That Taverns Served

Get introduced to William Bradford along with understanding where his religious beliefs stood. Learn who ascends the English throne come year 1603 along with knowing where his policies stood regarding religious toleration. Determine if William Bradford himself went aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Learn what exact connection William Bradford had with taverns in America. Go behind the scenes and discover how a beer shortage onboard Mayflower impacted the passengers, but yet benefited ships crew. Agree if it’s fair to say that individual communities were instructed by law to establish and support taverns. Discover where Wellfleet is located in Massachusetts and whether any taverns operated there prior to 17th Century ending. Learn about religious differences involving Pilgrims and Puritans. Figure out what exact stance Puritans held over taverns. Understand why Massachusetts Bay Colony Leaders went about enacting multiple tavern laws. Determine if tavern regulations included any kind of potential penalties as well as restricting the amount of time one spent in a tavern. Learn why apprentices weren’t allowed to enter a tavern facility in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Get introduced to Maryland Colony’s Tavern Laws during the 1670’s and what they centered upon. Agree if Maryland Tavern Laws were viewed as being less moderate during the Seventeenth Century. Determine whether economic concerns had more relevancy to most tavern keepers versus customers moral well being.

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2 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes 59 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Prologue To Early American Taverns, For the Entertainment of Friends and Strangers

Agree if it’s fair to say that most of us associate lodging where it involves people staying somewhere for work or vacation related purposes. Learn how Ancient Roman Civilization aka the Roman Empire had its lodging system get broken down per social class status. Explore Middle Ages of European Civilization to understanding connections between trade routes and lodging. Discover what tends to come to my mind whenever I think about early 17th Century American History. Learn more behind the different types of 17th Century Lodging in Colonial America as well as people doing various things differently then versus today’s modern day times. Get an in depth analysis into what English Settlers brought over with them to the New World politically, legally, economically, & socially. Discover how the public house first originated in late 17th Century England. Figure out how many groups of clientele did taverns in Colonial America serve. Get a basic understanding behind what tavern experience meant for English People in the New World.

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2 months ago

51 minutes 4 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Great Lakes Titanic Survivors Navigating Life After Unprecedented Losses At Sea

Discover exactly how many Great Lakes Passengers onboard RMS Titanic survived and perished out of 345 calling the region home. Determine if it’s fair to say that Titanic Survivors with Great Lakes connections all lived different lives following ships sinking. Go behind the scenes and learn survival stories from Great Lakes Passengers of all different classes onboard Titanic. Find out which Great Lakes State per the American side had more fatalities aboard Titanic compared to the other seven. Get a breakdown behind survival and death rates via percentages per other Great Lakes States including Canadian Province of Ontario, Canada. Learn about Winnifred Vera Quick including how old she was in 1912 including her age at time of death. Discover what became of the White Star Line by Mid 1930’s, two decades after Titanic’s sinking.

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3 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes 42 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

The Prophet With Maritime Knowledge

Get introduced to Morgan Andrew Robertson. Learn how Morgan followed in his dad’s footsteps along the Great Lakes. Discover what young Morgan experienced prior to turning ten years old on April 8, 1871. Find out what line of work Morgan Robertson went into after a career along the seas. Understand significance come year 1896 for Morgan from a literary standpoint. Get a rough estimate as to just how many nautical sea tale adventures Morgan Robertson himself wrote between 1896-1915. Get introduced to what Morgan officially embarked upon writing wise come year of 1898. Go behind the scenes and receive an in depth analysis report behind Morgan’s short novel book Futility or The Wreck of The Titan. Agree if it’s safe to say that Morgan had truly gone about scaring many people who either knew him in person as well as recently meeting him between Spring & Summer of 1912. Get reacquainted with Great Lakes Steamship Freighter SS Colonel James M. Schoonmaker including her career in the years after Titanic sank. Agree if it’s fair to say that Titanic’s sinking had deeply affected mass numbers of people. Learn about the different waves behind Titanic’s interest in the decades following her sinking.

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3 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes 39 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

The Evolution Behind Wireless Communication

Discover exactly when wireless communication first began along Great Lakes Waters. Find out what Wireless Telephony Services provided during early 20th Century. Get a brief timeline description of what took place involving wireless communication services from 1908-1910. Explore how ships on the Great Lakes faced their fair share of harrowing rescues thanks to wireless communications. Determine whether or not all Great Lakes Shipowners had gone about installing their vessels with wireless communications prior to and after Titanic’s sinking. Learn how Titanic’s sinking made some Great Lakes Passengers feel edgy. Get acquainted with the 1912 Radio Communication Act. Discover whether or not Great Lakes Freighters found themselves to be exempt from wireless requirements under 1912 Radio Communications Act. Go behind the scenes and learn how a ferocious storm in early November 1913 wreaked havoc on 4/5 Great Lakes. Agree if it’s fair to say that what happened in wake of Titanic’s sinking prompted widespread global maritime safety reform. Determine if all 5 Great Lakes have ever been truly invincible to having ice destroy their vessels. Learn what the original intent was behind lifeboats. Get an in depth analysis report behind what SOLAS is all about. Learn prior to Titanic’s sinking just how many vessels were lost along with getting heavily damaged due to ice. Discover what came about reform wise following first international conference on SOLAS. Learn exactly when Titanic Iceberg melted into North Atlantic Ocean including average general lifespan of icebergs.

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3 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes 29 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Artwork Behind Getting Facts Straight After Titanic’s Sinking

Agree if it’s fair to say by 1912 that newspapers achieved a full exclusive media peak. Determine if newspapers had engaged in an all out frenzy given things didn’t go as accordingly planned on Titanic’s maiden voyage. Learn whether Great Lakes Newspapers reported Titanic’s sinking with a high range of inaccuracy. Get to know H.G. Thorley. Discover how one Titanic Survivor from Toronto, Ontario, engaged newspaper reporters with controversial remarks about the ship’s leadership in midst of crisis. Learn how others objected to this particular survivor’s remarks about Titanic’s captain and crew including what one newspaper published. Go behind the scenes and discover how a White Star Line Shipping Transportation Company got established in the Great Lakes Region during Mid 1890’s. Determine if passenger ferry service throughout the Great Lakes had become a thriving industry by year 1912. Get introduced to U.S. Senator William Alden Smith. Find out just how soon a Congressional Inquiry began following Titanic’s sinking including testimony accounts from survivors as well as when the final report got presented to U.S. Senate.

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3 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes 20 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Titanic’s Silent Cargoes

Get introduced to Cable Ships Mackay-Bennett and Minia who got assigned in recovering deceased bodies from Titanic. Discover just how big of a hold Mackay-Bennett had when it came to storing multiple coffins including long tonnage of ice as well as embalming supplies. Find out when both ships arrived to Titanic’s wreckage site. Learn exactly where first deceased body got spotted from alleged sinking site. Get an in depth analysis report behind what unfolded on April 22 involving the appearances of deceased bodies. Learn how hierarchy itself existed after recovering deceased Titanic Bodies based upon class. Determine exactly just how many bodies were recovered altogether including the total number buried at sea. Get a better understanding behind the burial process which took place onboard both cable ships. Discover how many bodies Mackay-Bennett returned with to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Agree if more bodies onboard Mackay-Bennett versus coffins available around time ship itself returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn which First Titanic Passenger was the wealthiest person onboard the ship. Figure out what exact dark secret did Titanic Passenger Willam Harbeck from Toledo, Ohio keep. Get a fundamental understanding behind why Halifax, Nova Scotia is so important behind Titanic’s history. Learn how many cemeteries are home to the Titanic deceased in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Go behind the scenes and explore how survivors coped with their personal feelings after having departed from Carpathia. Learn what First Class Passenger in Major Arthur Peuchen had to say to news reporters prior to departing Carpathia about his survival. Agree if it’s fair to say that some Titanic passengers heading for Great Lakes Communities got deprived altogether of a homecoming.

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3 months ago

1 hour 21 minutes 48 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

RMS Carpathia’s Captain & Crew Answering The Call Of Duty

Discover just how many ships were nearby resulting in their hearing Titanic’s distress signals. Figure out if any ships were too far away to be of any use prior to Titanic’s sinking. Learn just how close Leyland Steamship Liner SS Californian stood in relation to where Titanic herself was positioned. Go behind the scenes and discover at what time RMS Carpathia had received Titanic’s distress signal including how Captain Arthur Rostron went about taking command. Determine just how many hours it took for Titanic to sink after hitting the iceberg. Discover just how big Carpathia was. Learn how adults including little ones got transported onto Carpathia’s decks. Find out the overall time duration which it took for Carpathia’s crew in rescuing Titanic survivors. Learn how Titanic Second Class Passenger in Ellen Toomey, bound for Indianapolis, Indiana, praised Carpathia’s Crew for going above and beyond. Understand why Carpathia’s journey to New York was delayed. Determine if exactly all 20 Titanic Lifeboats got returned to White Star Line Pier in New York. Go behind the scenes and discover what Dr. Francis Blackmarr, Carpathia Passenger, engaged in performing which became questionable. Determine if there happened to be any other White Star Line Offices elsewhere in the world besides England and the United States. Get an in depth analysis report behind how Great Lakes Families dealt with the circumstances following Titanic’s sinking.

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4 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes 12 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Lowering Titanic’s Lifeboat’s Into The Frigid North Atlantic Ocean

Discover just how cold the North Atlantic Ocean Water was come the night Titanic sank. Learn what happened to Titanic between a three minute span from 2:17-2:20AM on April 15. Get a rough ballpark figure behind just how many people onboard Titanic didn’t make it into a lifeboat. Find out what Second Class Passenger Nellie Becker recalled hearing after Titanic sank. Discover what odd distinction First Class Passenger Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Peuchen held. Understand why Second Officer Charles Lightoller refused to allow men into lifeboats. Discover how one Great Lakes Passenger in Lifeboat Number 9 had connections with extended family from Lifeboat Number 4. Determine just how close Lifeboat Number 11 was in reaching its capacity of 65 People. Find out what Second Class Passenger Lillian Bentham who was heading for Rochester, New York, witnessed before her during Titanic’s final moments. Learn how 12 Year Old Ruth Becker, daughter of Nellie Becker, went about going above and beyond to assist fellow passengers in Lifeboat Number 13. Get an in depth analysis report behind Titanic’s four collapsible lifeboats. Go behind the scenes and determine if any high ranking White Star Line Officials survived Titanic’s sinking.

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4 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes 54 seconds

Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Titanic’s Passenger Classes Broken Down By Percentages

Find out exactly just how many people total were onboard Titanic when she collided with the iceberg. Get a rough estimate breakdown of just how many people could access a lifeboat onboard Titanic per British Board of Trade Regulations around 1912. Get introduced to some well known First Class Passengers along with what their world represented. Discover the backgrounds of average Second & Third Class Passengers. Learn what the average ticket costs were for First, Second, & Third Class Passengers onboard Titanic. Get a mathematical breakdown of total passenger occupancy per class onboard Titanic. Learn how many of Titanic’s Lifeboats were equipped to hold nearly 65 people each. Discover what made Titanic Lifeboat Number 7 so unique including reasons behind why delays in launching this lifeboat became prevalent. Learn what First Class Passengers Ida & Daughter Jean Hippach noticed heavily while on deck. Get an in depth analysis report behind Third Class Passenger Helmina Nilsson’s big gamble in making it to the upper deck. Go behind the scenes and learn what Third Class Passenger Neshan Krekorian performed including the same for First Class Passenger Major Arthur Peuchen in times of crisis as Titanic was sinking. Discover just how many watertight bulkhead compartments had flooded within a twenty minute span after Titanic first collided with the iceberg. Agree if the initial order from filling to lowering lifeboats eventually became something of desperation and chaos. Learn just how many Distress Rockets Titanic herself carried and whether or not a good majority of them were used while she was sinking. Confirm if a mystery ship lied somewhere not far away from where Titanic herself was positioned.

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4 months ago

1 hour 21 minutes 23 seconds