HMS Leopard (F14) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

A nation’s outrage in print. This broadside, dated June 25, 1807, condemns HMS LEOPARD’s deadly attack on the U.S. frigate CHESAPEAKE just two days earlier. British sailors boarded and fired on the American ship, killing 3 and wounding 18. CHESAPEAKE—like CONSTITUTION—was among the first six frigates authorized in 1794. The “unprovoked, piratical, savage and assassin-like attack” incensed Americans and helped set the course toward the War of 1812. Part of the Vice Admiral George W. Emery Collect