1710
Cleveland Morning Leader, 4 January 1864
(ed; 5 inches)
~ See original
p.1, col.1,2
~ View at ChronAm
1710 - L. Jan. 4; ed: 1/1,2 - The ALABAMA was built and armed in England
and was manned by British men and officers, though owned by the Southern
slaveholders. - - - - -
"They attacked only unarmed and defenseless merchantmen, many of
them being loaded with grain and food for England. Fate seems to have
decreed that 'Curses come home to roost, ' since at the time a serious
food shortage was apparent in England." - (5)