![]() On 3 August, the schooner Rebecca, of 117 tons, from Townsend, bound to Boston ![]() On 28 July, the schooner Nancy, of 14 tons, taken in the harbor at Little River. On 27 July, the schooner Rebecca, of 86 tons, from New York and bound for Cadiz or Halifax. Overall, this collection offers a window into how prison populations were managed by their captors in wartime.On 6 July, the schooner Two Brothers of 89 tons, from Tanfield, bound to Eastport and the sloop Friendship, of 100 tons, from Blackrock bound to Eastport. Information provided by the shipping records includes the place of birth of prisoners, the health of the prisoners, and the port that their respective prison ships docked at. The records are drawn from British administered prisoner of war ships and their corresponding ports, which ranges from English towns like Plymouth, to colonial ports like Barbados in the West Indies. Although war changed little between the two Great Powers, it did lead to significant symbolic events like the burning of Washington and inspired the poem that led to the United States’ national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen, and the American desire to expand its territory. The War of 1812 was incited by British attempts to restrict U.S. This collection contains prison ship records drawn from the War of 1812, an inconclusive military conflict between the United States and Great Britain.
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