On 9 January 1792, John Clarkson, a 27-year-old lieutenant on leave of absence from the Royal Navy, set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, as ‘commodore’ of what is surely the most peculiar fleet ever to have crossed the Atlantic. The flotilla was made up of fifteen small ships – altogether not more than 2,000 tonnes – and carried 1,196 people. The crews were mainly white. The passengers were black, all former slaves from Britain’s lost American colonies.

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Apostle of Transatlantic Cultural Unity

Escalating Concerns

The Greatest Showmen

Seine & Sensibility

In the Footsteps of Founding Fathers

Riding Into The Sky

Enter The Beaver

E Pluribus Unum

Kilroy Was Here

Puritan’s Progress

Milestones of Diplomacy

Puritan’s Progress

The Second Oldest Profession

A Presidential Trek

The Original Action Man

A Realistic Visionary

Steadying the Ship

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