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    Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
    Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
    Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
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    Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere

    By Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere - Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green

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      Title: Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere

      Author: Samuel A. Green

      Release Date: September 21, 2008 [EBook #26684]

      Language: English

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      PIRACY

      OFF THE FLORIDA COAST

      AND ELSEWHERE

      BY

      SAMUEL A. GREEN

      CAMBRIDGE

      JOHN WILSON AND SON

      University Press

      1911

      From the

      Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society

      for February, 1911.

      PIRACY OFF THE FLORIDA COAST AND ELSEWHERE

      At a stated meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, held in Boston on Thursday, February 9, 1911, Dr. Samuel A. Green presented the following paper:—

      Few persons of the present day are aware how extensively piracy prevailed two centuries ago. There was no part of the high seas that was free from the depredation of roving robbers. At times they threatened towns on the coast, and at others they attacked ships on mid-ocean; and they seem to have followed their lawless pursuits at will. When caught, there was little delay in bringing them to trial and securing a conviction; and trivial technicality in forms played no part in reaching results. At times there were multiple executions, and in the community there was no morbid sentimentality shown for the miserable wretches. Not the least of their torture

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