Capture of a pirate slaver on the western coast of Africa, 1845. A sketch by Commander E. Wilson of the 'gallant engagement between the boats of H. M. S. Pantaloon, and a piratical ' HMS Pantaloon of the Royal Navy intercepted a ship carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean: '"After a stout resistance of half-an-hour, the slaver was boarded, and carried by the boats, with a loss of two killed and eight wounded; the slaver having seven killed and seven wounded, amongst which number was the ; We can only add our congratulation to our correspondent on the sati
Capture of a pirate slaver on the western coast of Africa, 1845. A sketch by Commander E. Wilson of the 'gallant engagement between the boats of H. M. S. Pantaloon, and a piratical ' HMS Pantaloon of the Royal Navy intercepted a ship carrying enslaved people across the Atlantic Ocean: '"After a stout resistance of half-an-hour, the slaver was boarded, and carried by the boats, with a loss of two killed and eight wounded; the slaver having seven killed and seven wounded, amongst which number was the ; We can only add our congratulation to our correspondent on the satisfactory termination of this intrepidity in the cause of oppressed humanity'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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