Martinica, Dominica, fl. 1777-1778 [Legal document of privateer from Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida claiming enslaved people]

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GLC#
GLC01411.01-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
February 7, 1778
Author/Creator
Martinica, Dominica, fl. 1777-1778
Title
[Legal document of privateer from Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida claiming enslaved people]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 30.4 cm, Width: 18.3 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

One document countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood of the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida dated February 7, 1778. Signed with an "X" as the mark of Lieutenant Dominica Martinico. Document states that Martinico, the commander of the privateer schooner "Recovery," had taken several schooners off the coast of South Carolina during a cruise. Two of these schooners, the "Betsey" and "Grace," held enslaved people. Probably written in St. Augustine.

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