The Sack of Baltimore From the fabulous web site "Baltimore & The Isles The "Fort of Jewels" In the summer of 1631 Baltimore fell victim to a sensational attack by pirates. At that time the population consisted chiefly of settlers from England who had arrived some years earlier to work in the lucrative pilchard fishery …
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Author P.S. Bartlett 