Nova Scotia Archives

Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia

News of war in the Caribbean

In the mid-1790s, French privateers for a time used neutral American ports as a base from which to raid British shipping. Meanwhile, Britain had begun a campaign of conquest against French colonies in the Caribbean.

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspapers: Royal Gazette 23 September 1794 page 3

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