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12/08/1857 |
American soldier of fortune William Walker is recaptured by the U.S. Navy |
Military/Violent |
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07/02/1848 |
Danish government plans a ten-year abolition in the Danish West Indies but local slaves demand immediate freedom |
Slavery/Abolition |
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11/27/1861 |
In Liverpool, the news of the interception and seizure of Mason and Slidell reaches England |
US/the World |
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06/07/1865 |
In the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before |
Crime/Disasters |
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05/30/1865 |
Passenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island |
Crime/Disasters |
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12/29/1861 |
Powerful British warship wrecked on a reef in the Bahamas |
Crime/Disasters |
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11/12/1861 |
Union warship captures Confederate privateer off the Bahamas |
Battles/Soldiers |
