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1809-May-06

1809-May-06: The Court of Appeal in Cases of Capture heard the case of the Danish ship Pelican, which had been seized off the coast of Haiti.

1809-May-06: The Court of Appeal in Cases of Capture heard the case of the Danish ship Pelican, which had been seized off the coast of Haiti. The judges ruled that the new British economic policies had erased the “hostile character” of the island and ordered the ship’s property restored.

Source  ·  p. 66, 69 Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 66, 69