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Foreign News
June 15, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An English ship was boarded by an Algerine corsair off Cape St. Vincent, crew enslaved in Algiers, but released after appeal to the Dey, who beheaded the corsair captain and restored the ship.
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OCR Quality
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Full Text
Extract of a letter from Gloucester. Feb 23.
The master of a Ship arrived at Newnham, from Seville, in Spain, related the following fact :—While he was at Seville, he dined in company with an English Captain who came in the day before from Algiers, and related, that his ship was boarded, off Cape St. Vincent, by an Algerine corsair, to whom he shewed his passport, and gave every necessary evidence to prove that he was a British ship. The Algerine however, was determined not to be convinced, said he was an American and an impostor, and carried him to Algiers.
The day after they came into the road, the villain sent the English Captain and his crew into the slave-market, to be sold. Fortunately, the Captain met with two Algerine merchants, who understood English: to them he stated his pitiable case which they carried instantly to the Dey, in such affecting terms, that, without any ceremony the Algerine Captain was ordered to be brought on shore, and his head was struck off in the middle of the market-place. The Captain and his crew were released, and his ship and property restored.
The master of a Ship arrived at Newnham, from Seville, in Spain, related the following fact :—While he was at Seville, he dined in company with an English Captain who came in the day before from Algiers, and related, that his ship was boarded, off Cape St. Vincent, by an Algerine corsair, to whom he shewed his passport, and gave every necessary evidence to prove that he was a British ship. The Algerine however, was determined not to be convinced, said he was an American and an impostor, and carried him to Algiers.
The day after they came into the road, the villain sent the English Captain and his crew into the slave-market, to be sold. Fortunately, the Captain met with two Algerine merchants, who understood English: to them he stated his pitiable case which they carried instantly to the Dey, in such affecting terms, that, without any ceremony the Algerine Captain was ordered to be brought on shore, and his head was struck off in the middle of the market-place. The Captain and his crew were released, and his ship and property restored.
What sub-type of article is it?
Piracy Or Privateering
What keywords are associated?
Algerine Corsair
English Ship
Cape St Vincent
Algiers
Slave Market
Dey
Beheading
What entities or persons were involved?
English Captain
Algerine Captain
Dey
Where did it happen?
Algiers
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Algiers
Key Persons
English Captain
Algerine Captain
Dey
Outcome
algerine captain beheaded; english captain and crew released; ship and property restored.
Event Details
English ship boarded off Cape St. Vincent by Algerine corsair, who ignored British passport and took it to Algiers. Crew sent to slave-market but appealed to two English-understanding merchants who informed the Dey, leading to the corsair captain's execution and the English release.