Bold Rhode Island Sloop Pillages Spanish West Indian Port, 1740
London [April 12, 1740]. By a Ship lately arrived from New-England, departed from Newport, we have the following Account: That Mr. Thomas Newton, Quarter-Master of the Virgin Queen, Capt. Hall, was returned home, having sailed from Newport in a ...
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 ...
