Infestation of Pirates in the Gulf of Florida, 1716
London [December 1716]. They write from Cork, that the Berkeley Galley, Captain Saunders, arrived there from Jamaica, was in her Passage in the Gulph of Florida, set upon by a Pyrate, and after an Engagement of some time, boarded ...
Mutiny Thwarted Aboard Slave Ship, 1738
Bristol, April 1 [1738]. Our Merchants have Letters from on Board the Tewksbury, Capt. Bryant, trading at Abonoe, on the Gold Coast of Guinea, that in her Passage from Boston, where she was lately built on Purpose for the ...
King George the First’s Proclamation Against Trading with the French at Jamaica, 1720
JAMAICA. By the King. A Proclamation. Whereas we have received frequent Complaints from Merchants and Planters trading to, and interested in our Island of Jamaica, that an illegal Trade is carried on between our Subjects of our said Island, ...
Slaves Defend British Slave Ship Against Spanish Privateer, 1740
“Williamsburg, in Virginia, July 10 [1740]. This Week arrived in York River, the Snow Seaflower, Capt. Edwards, (the former Capt. being dead) from Guinea, with 159 Slaves, consigned to Col. Braxton & Son. They met with a Spanish ...
