Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution Vermont Freedman’s Savings and Trust

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Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution Vermont Freedman’s Savings and TrustThe authors time as Assistant Surgeon aboard USS Prairie in 1898 led to a lifelong devotion to naval history. Maritime rules required ships and cargoes captured by privateers to be certified as lawful in court before they could be auctioned or divided among the privateers owners and crew. Allen estimates that about 1,200 such prizes were brought to court for judgment during the American War for Independence. In this work, originally published in 1927,