The knowledge of what a tow boat Captain' does, his tools and how they are used in various situations is my prime interest in your channel. Thank you for the effort you take... and your laughter.
Kyle, I am captain on a model bow tug in NY harbor pushing 1 small oil barge. It's amazing to me how different our jobs are. The one thing that remains is that it's all about local knowledge. We have one spot in the Hudson river called World's End where boats can push through their wires if not careful. Our other tricky spot is Hell Gate, where you can have up to 7 knots of current combined with a S turn, two bridges and it's narrow. Coincidentally we have a Negro Point on the chart there. On old charts there was a rock called little negro head that was dredged. Stay safe.
Thanks for sharing Capt! I actually have an old chart with the other spelling that I share with new kids, no matter what their race, when I start training them. I think it’s valuable to know how it was and how it is now. The people that enjoy using the other spelling have internal issues they should probably work out. As always, keep up the great work brother!
Channel marks. Listen to how he talks about which one he is goin to take. He could have taken the one on his right. But, it made more sense (safer) to take the left. It's always about thinking ahead of where you are now. Setting yourself up for success. Gross rule of tonage. He's not on a speed boat. Slower response time. Setting up your next move in advance. Like chess I would say. Got to stay several moves ahead.
Enslaved people would swim across the Mississippi River, as the land “across from the Bluff” was not a part of the Louisiana Purchase, which meant if they could make it through the danger-harsh currents and a one-mile swim-they would make it to freedom. Escaping from chains in the east-to liberty in
Actual history of enslaved people “swimming to freedom” from that point isn’t historically accurate, and racism is embedded into the stories and the location names. It sugar coats gives a false narrative to the real truths.
Slavs owners did not care about allowing people to “swim for freedom”, or even die trying. They treated men like cattle, not like a “Squid Games” type situation. Swimming or dying was a loss for the “owners”. It sounds good in school history books, but inaccurate, in my opinion.
It runs through ten states, and to many people today, it just seems like a bunch of water. However, in our nation’s early years, it was the backbone of cross-country trade-not just in crops and equipment, but also in “human property”- slaves. For some of the enslaved, though, one part of the Mississippi River represented something worlds away from oppression. It was a means of freedom- a river of change. The river carries every drop of water that flows down from two-thirds of the continent. From Minnesota to Louisiana, spanning more than two-thousand miles long - it’s the nation’s longest river- with a history much deeper than the water itself. The Mississippi River was the main artery of America’s pre-railroad economy- transporting boats full of cash crops- and, the slaves who tended them, during the early 1800’s, but one of its narrowest points stood for something completely different. Don Hernandez, historian and professor at Southern University A&M College, said that the land across from the University was freedom. “A piece of Louisiana land, which has been referred to as “free negro point.” Now, “negro” wasn’t the word that was used to identify the area.” Hernandez said that this particular part of the river represented, not bondage- but opportunity. “Apparently, here on the Bluff, there was a large plantation, and I’m assuming because it was a large plantation, that there would have been slaves. History reports that people who were enslaved and who were working in this area from time to time sought that freedom by escaping across the Mississippi River.” Enslaved people would swim across the Mississippi River, as the land “across from the Bluff” was not a part of the Louisiana Purchase, which meant if they could make it through the danger-harsh currents and a one-mile swim-they would make it to freedom. Escaping from chains in the east-to liberty in the west, an irony not lost on students of Southern University and A&M College, which is now the oldest black institution for higher learning in Louisiana and the only black University system in the country. “It’s overwhelming because I feel like I have a lot to prove because I’m here at southern university. It was founded as an institution to educate blacks in Louisiana, and slaves, they weren’t allowed to read or write, and so, it’s crazy taking advantage of the opportunities they gave me, to know that right behind me is where they escaped to freedom, I can’t even imagine,” Alliyah Moore, a junior political science major at Southern University said. Lakeith Lewis, a 2011 alumni of the University said his connection to his collegiate home is now deeper. “I’ve definitely always been proud to call myself an alumni of Southern University, but now, I definitely have more of a spiritual connection to it knowing that my people had to swim across the river to get to freedom.” Hernandez said although the road to freedom was a dangerous one, slaves saw the light at the end of the tunnel. “When you’re enslaved, when you’ve been tortured and beaten, I suppose anything that might afford you freedom would be inviting.” Today, the river sustains jobs for more than 580,000 people, creating over $150 Billion in revenue for the U.S. economy. Once, a river of pain- but also, a river of prosperity - a river of change. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved.
Makes for great “lore”. I’m aware of this telling, and quite a few more. I have a quite a few books from my father’s collection that give the harsh and real truths, with slave records and most sales of non free humans. His obsession with some of that subject material is where my name came from. He named me after Kyle Onstott. 🤷🏼♂️
What’s crazy is y’all will probably make better time north bound than what you did south bound rite there huh brother 👌 it’s deader than hell in the harbor
Sometimes the rear and sides. If reflections off back glass are bad. It seems they shift the angles more on wheelhouse windows to reduce that reflection issue nowadays
Hi Capt I understand where you`re coming from re the name, but also you cant be blamed for what was done in the past,and hopefully we've learnt a lot since then, but I understand it could be uncomfortable for some and maybe it could be renamed but just my opinion im not getting political etc, anyway was explained really well.
Don’t “blame” anyone for others past. The continued racism is very obvious. I’m big, white, and German-Russian ancestry. Ignorant folk make assumptions and are oddly comfortable to say stuff around me. I call out that ignorance when I hear it. There is lack of acceptance and accountability for deeds done by parents and grandparents. That is relevant racism in my opinion.
