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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In the Caribbean, four enslaved crew members on the sloop Nancy mutinied, brutally beat the captain Edward Phillips and passengers, set them adrift, and seized the vessel while sailing from Nevis to St. Eustatius. Reported from BasseTerre, St. Kitts on Dec. 13.
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A very daring act of piracy was committed on board the sloop Nancy, Edward Phillips, commander, belonging to Mr. Jeremiah Neal, of Nevis. Four negroes belonging to the vessel, having been guilty of a robbery, which was discovered, and dreading the punishment they deserved, came to the diabolical resolution of murdering the captain and running away with the vessel: they accordingly on Monday evening last, when the sloop was on her passage from Nevis to St. Eustatius, rose upon the captain and passengers, and having overpowered them, beat them in a very cruel manner, they afterwards hoisted out the boat, & committing them to the waves, bore away. It is to be hoped that wherever they may seek for refuge they may be apprehended, delivered up to justice, and brought to condign punishment.
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Basseterre (St. Kitts)
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Monday Evening Last (Reported Dec. 13)
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captain and passengers overpowered, cruelly beaten, and committed to the waves; vessel seized by four negroes who escaped.
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Four negroes on the sloop Nancy, fearing punishment for robbery, mutinied on Monday evening last during passage from Nevis to St. Eustatius, overpowered and beat the captain and passengers, set them adrift in a boat, and sailed away with the vessel.