Kanawha

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Kanawha was a ship operated by Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line, a short-lived but historically significant Black-owned shipping company of the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ship
steamship
associatedWith Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement Black nationalism
Pan-Africanism
associatedWithOrganization Universal Negro Improvement Association NERFINISHED
flaggedBy Black Star Line NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance African diaspora maritime history
Black economic self-determination
Pan-African movement NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
nameSharedWith Kanawha County, West Virginia NERFINISHED
Kanawha River NERFINISHED
operatedBy Black Star Line NERFINISHED
Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line NERFINISHED
operatedByCompanyActiveIn Atlantic Ocean trade routes
Caribbean region
United States NERFINISHED
operatedByCompanyFoundedBy Marcus Garvey NERFINISHED
operatedByCompanyFoundedInCentury 20th century
operatedByCompanyInstanceOf Black-owned shipping company
operatedByCompanyShortLived true
operatedInCentury 20th century
operatedInPeriod early 20th century
ownedBy Black Star Line NERFINISHED
partOf fleet of the Black Star Line
symbolized Black economic independence
Black maritime enterprise
usedFor cargo transport
commercial shipping
passenger transport

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Black Star Line notableShip Kanawha