Privateering in the american. Just a little more background on me. Ive been a full time writer since about 2007. Most of my books are in american history, usually have a maritime component. Ive spoken at the archives a number of times in the past. Of the books include the history of whaling in america for fortune, an empire, a history of fur, trade in america, black flags, blue waters, the epic history of americas notorious pirates and my last book, a furious scar on the history of american hurricanes. But today i am here to talk about privateering and American Revolution. It was late the day on june 3rd, 1780, when salem captain Jonathan Harrod and his privateer, the pickering, were heading for the friendly port of bilbao, spain. The british achilles, however, stood in the way nobody would have faulted had he fled in the face of this superior foe. While the pickering had a crew of 38 men cannons, the achilles bristled with 130 men and 43 cannons, hardly fair fight. But thats not the w
Speaker is dale norwood. Hes a historian of 19th Century America who studies Global Commerce and how it has shaped american politics and economics, both domestically and in u. S. Foreign relations. So this will really be an opportunity for us to hear more about global earlier america and how things were connected long before we got to the globalized world were in today. Dr. Norwood earned his ph. D. At princeton in 2012 and is now an assistant professor. The department of history at the university of delaware. And with that, i will hand it over to him. And theres a cell phone here. Well, thanks so much for the kind introduction. And thank you all for coming out and go. Phillies, of course. I particularly to thank mabel rosen a heck and emily miller for making arrangements for this event and the crew here for filming and making that possible and to offer some things to. Stephanie tanner, who first extended the invitation. Im really glad to be here. Lancaster is a great place and im deli
Speaker is dale norwood. Hes a historian of 19th Century America who studies Global Commerce and how it has shaped american politics and economics, both domestically and in u. S. Foreign relations. So this will really be an opportunity for us to hear more about global earlier america and how things were connected long before we got to the globalized world were in today. Dr. Norwood earned his ph. D. At princeton in 2012 and is now an assistant professor. The department of history at the university of delaware. And with that, i will hand it over to him. And theres a cell phone here. Well, thanks so much for the kind introduction. And thank you all for coming out and go. Phillies, of course. I particularly to thank mabel rosen a heck and emily miller for making arrangements for this event and the crew here for filming and making that possible and to offer some things to. Stephanie tanner, who first extended the invitation. Im really glad to be here. Lancaster is a great place and im deli
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