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Image: Black Star Line brochure for the SS Phyllis Wheatley

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Description: BSL brochure for the phantom SS Phyllis Wheatley (Source: Marcus Garvey and UNIA Papers Project). A central exhibit in the Mail Fraud case of 1921, featuring a doctored photograph of an ex-German ship the SS Orion, put up for sale by the United States Shipping Board. The Orion's name has been replaced with name Phyllis Wheatley. The Black Star Line had proposed to buy, and rename her but the transaction was never completed. Source: Martin, Tony. Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggle of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1976.
Title: Black Star Line brochure for the SS Phyllis Wheatley
Credit: The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. IX: Africa for the Africans June 1921-December 1922 Marcus Garvey and UNIA Papers Project.
Author: Black Star Line Inc.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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