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Domestic News
September 26, 1777
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
An escaped skipper reports that 8-10 New York privateers with Lord Howe's fleet plan to separate and plunder riverside inhabitants, targeting Negroes for sale in the West Indies. Several enemy ships passed the harbor this morning, with the rest following.
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Full Text
The following account is given by an intelligent skipper, who had been many months in the British fleet, and made his escape from it ten days since. There are 8 or 10 privateers that came from New York with Lord Howe's fleet, carrying 8 or 10 guns. Not daring to act whilst with the English fleet, they purpose to lie behind the fleet when it goes down the bay, and then run along shore, and into the unguarded rivers, and plunder the inhabitants. Negroes are their chief object, whom they intend to sell in the West Indies.
Several of the enemy's ships of war, with their tenders, &c. have passed by our harbour this morning, and it is supposed the rest of the fleet are on their way down.
Several of the enemy's ships of war, with their tenders, &c. have passed by our harbour this morning, and it is supposed the rest of the fleet are on their way down.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Shipping
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Privateers
Lord Howe Fleet
Plunder
Negroes
West Indies
Enemy Ships
What entities or persons were involved?
Lord Howe
Domestic News Details
Event Date
This Morning
Key Persons
Lord Howe
Event Details
An escaped skipper reports 8 or 10 privateers from New York with Lord Howe's fleet, each with 8 or 10 guns, planning to separate after the fleet passes down the bay to plunder unguarded rivers and capture Negroes for sale in the West Indies. Several enemy ships of war and tenders passed the harbor this morning, with the rest of the fleet following.