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