The Rivoli and the Lucania, fleet British ships, are now lying off Tompkinsville, laden with petroleum and about ready to sail, the former for London and the latter for Yokohama, Japan.

The British defense secretary told Parliament that the Yantar, which he described as a Russian spy ship, had come near ...

From 1791 – 1807, British ships carried 52% of all enslaved people ... The trade in enslaved Africans made a great deal of money for the city's docks. The stimulus it gave to trading and ...