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Cuba
Arthur D. Hall
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This was the firing on the American steamer, Black Warrior, by a Spanish man-of-war.
The Black Warrior was a steamer owned in New York, and plying regularly between that city and Mobile. It was her custom both on her outward and homeward bound trips to touch always at Havana. The custom laws were then very stringent, and she ought each time to have exhibited a manifest of her cargo. But still this was totally unnecessary, as no portion of her cargo was ever put off at Havana.
She was therefore entered and cleared under the technical term of "in ballast." This was done nearly thirty times with full knowledge and consent of the Spanish revenue officers; and, moreover the proceeding was in accordance with a general order of the Cuban authorities.
But in February, 1850, the steamer was stopped and fired upon in the harbor of Havana. The charge brought against her was that sh. . . Read More
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