Somers Affair
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title:
Somers Affair
text:
The Somers Affair was an incident involving the American brig USS Somers during a training missin in 1842 under Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803-1848). Midshipman Philip Spencer (1823-1842) was accused of plotting to overthrow Mackenzie and use the Somers for piracy. Spencer was arrested and executed, along with two other alleged co-conspirators, Samuel Cromwell and Elisha Small, when the ship was just thirteen days away from shore. The three were hanged without a court-martial after th
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description:
Alleged US naval mutiny
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somers_Affair
date created:
2019-12-10T12:16:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T05:59:07Z
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