Eric ReidyOct 12, 2015
What Kind of Vessel Was The Ghost Boat?
Noah Caldwell
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This is really helpful, Noah. Thank you. The 243 number comes from what the smuggler responsible for the Ghost Boar told the families. It reflects the number of people who paid for passage. Young children and others, such as people working for the smuggler who didn’t have to pay, were not included in the count. Yafet thinks that, including children and people who didn’t pay, there were probably closer to 300 people on the Ghost Boat. If there were somewhere around 300 people as opposed to 240, does this change your thoughts on what kind of boat we are looking for?