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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An Irish captain transporting 100 British convicts to Nova Scotia instead landed them on a Cape Verde island, where natives murdered them suspecting plague. He fled to St. Eustatia but was arrested there after pursuit from St. Kitts.
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Extract of a letter from St. Eustatia, January 30.
A vessel arrived here from St. Kitts, commanded by an Irishman, who had brought out near 100 convicts destined for Nova-Scotia, whose passages were all paid by the King of Great Britain, at the rate of 5l. sterling per head. -- But instead of bringing them to the port intended, he landed them on one of the Cape de Verd islands, where they were indiscriminately murdered by the natives, on a supposition that they were infected with the plague. The inhuman Captain proceeded to the West-Indies, and was selling the Ship's provisions at St. Kitts, when a letter was received by the Governor of that island, from the Governor of Teneriffe, (containing an explicit account of this villainous transaction. -- The captain being informed of this, slipped his cable and ran into St. Eustatius, where he expected to be safe: but the Governor of St. Kitts immediately sent a sloop after him, with a letter to the Governor of St. Eustatia, requesting him not to afford protection to such a villain; in consequence of which he was arrested and confined in the fort.
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St. Eustatia
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January 30
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near 100 convicts murdered by natives on cape de verd island; captain arrested and confined in fort at st. eustatia
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Irish captain transported near 100 convicts from Britain to Nova Scotia, paid by King at 5l. per head, but landed them on Cape de Verd island where natives murdered them suspecting plague. Captain went to West Indies, sold provisions at St. Kitts; informed of exposure via letter from Teneriffe Governor to St. Kitts Governor, he fled to St. Eustatia but was pursued and arrested per request from St. Kitts Governor.