Titanic Conspiracy Essay

The Titanic Conspiracy

The great ship, watched by well-wishers on the pier, some of whom were waving to friends and relatives on board, sailed out of the Southampton harbor in England. The moment was finally here. It was the afternoon of Wednesday, April 10, 1912. Its much talked about, and long awaited maiden voyage had begun.
For this leg of the voyage, the ship 's final destination was to be New York City, in the United States. However, fate had planned otherwise.
The ship had two scheduled stops, before the first leg of the voyage was to be completed. Those stops were to board additional passengers, and were scheduled for Cherbourg, France, and Cobh, known then as Queenstown, Ireland, respectively. There was another stop, however, that

The ship was, as suspected, the RMS Titanic.

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Henry Rattary, watched as the Titanic docked at Cherbourg. He had never seen a ship so vast, or so beautiful before. His mind wandered from everything else, including his family, and rested on the great ship. Now, this is a ship to be admired, he thought.
His fascination of the Titanic lay mostly with the ship 's four funnels, or smokestacks. Four smokestacks were the most he had ever seen on any ship; therefore, this was a wonder to him.
The ship 's exterior was something to behold. Henry wondered about the interior. He was not disappointed.
Henry felt lucky, and proud, as he boarded the ship. He felt lucky, since he was a part of this historic occasion, the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic.
He was indeed lucky, as the tickets he had bought for himself, his wife and two young daughters, to travel to the Caribbean, were originally for a different liner. He had disagreed with that ship 's policy of not allowing children in the dining hall and was, therefore, transferred to the Titanic.
He was proud, since, as far as he knew, he was the only colored man who had the opportunity of travelling on the Titanic’s maiden voyage. He was, indeed,

He was vexed with anger.
As that other man watched Henry boarded the Titanic, he felt betrayed. People who should have known better had disappointed him.
How had this happened? He thought. How? How the devil did the executives of the White Star Line make such a mistake, if a mistake it was? He doubted that a mistake was made. It was deliberately done, but why? Why would they allow a colored man on the Titanic, on an occasion like this? He tried, but he could not think of a logical explanation.
As he watched Henry mingling with the members of a particular ethnic group, his hatred became more pronounced. His expression suddenly changed, showing nothing but disdain for the man he thought to be inferior to him, and who was allowed to be travelling on the same ship with him. He would soon fix that, though. He would correct the mistake that executives of the White Star Line had made.
He swore to have it corrected.
He turned away, and headed for his cabin, already making plans to free this voyage of the colored