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While the Liberty Affair took place on 10 June 1768, it was triggered by an earlier episode involving the smuggling of sixty casks of wine by Captain Daniel Malcolm in the spring of the same year. [3] The new incident, which transpired on the evening of May 9, 1768, involved customs collectors boarding one of Hancock's ships, the Liberty. [2]
According to Gilje and data collected during the American Revolution, the ages of pirates ranged from 14 to 50 years old. More than half of this population were in their 20s, with the average age being 25. Less than 20 percent of the seamen were under 20 years old, and most of these individuals were 18 or 19.
Pierre Douville (August 7, 1745 – July 17, 1794) was a French-Canadian naval captain and lieutenant who served in the American Revolution and French Revolution. [1] Born on present day Prince Edward Island, Douville survived the 1758 Acadian deportation to France. He joined the French Navy and lived in Rhode Island during
Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte".
In the early years of the American Revolution, the British parliament increased the power of vice-admiralty courts throughout the colonies to regulate maritime activities and combat smuggling. The Sugar Act 1764 established a so-called 'super' Vice-Admiralty Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia , presided over by a Crown-appointed judge, the first of ...
During the American Civil War, blockade running became a major enterprise for the Confederacy due to the Union blockade as part of the Anaconda Plan to cut off the Confederacy's overseas trade. Twelve major ports and approximately 3,500 miles of coastline along the Confederacy were patrolled by roughly 500 Union Navy ships.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Irish-American espionage agent Hercules Mulligan Born (1740-09-25) September 25, 1740 Coleraine, Ireland Died March 4, 1825 (1825-03-04) (aged 84) New York City, U.S. Nationality Irish, American Alma mater Columbia University Occupation(s) Spy, Tailor Known for Secret agent for George ...
During the American Revolution, Americans regularly attacked Nova Scotia by land and sea. American privateers devastated the maritime economy by raiding many of the coastal communities, [5] such as the numerous raids on Liverpool and on Annapolis Royal.