Caribbean

Place Unit Type
Region
Containing Unit
North America
Date Type
American soldier of fortune William Walker is recaptured by the U.S. Navy Military/Violent
Danish government plans a ten-year abolition in the Danish West Indies but local slaves demand immediate freedom Slavery/Abolition
In Liverpool, the news of the interception and seizure of Mason and Slidell reaches England US/the World
In the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before Crime/Disasters
Passenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island Crime/Disasters
Powerful British warship wrecked on a reef in the Bahamas Crime/Disasters
Union warship captures Confederate privateer off the Bahamas Battles/Soldiers
Filibustering
Name Type
Cuba Nation
Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) Subnational Region
Dominican Republic Nation
Dutch West Indies Subnational Region
Haiti Nation
Jamaica Nation
Puerto Rico State or Province
San Domingo (Haiti) Nation
West Indies Region
Date Title
New York Herald, “The Whereabouts of Walker,” August 19, 1860
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Reorganization,” April 22, 1861
John Slidell, James Murray Mason, George Eustis, J. E. McFarland to Charles Wilkes, USN, Protest at Seizure, November 9, 1861
Charles Wilkes, USN to Gideon Welles, Final Report on the seizure of Mason and Slidell, November 16, 1861
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