20: The Creole Case (Canadian Almost War 4)

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Joseph Cinquez was the leader of a revolt among African slaves aboard the Spanish ship "Amistad" en route to Cuba in June 1839. The slaves seized control of the ship but were soon recaptured and charged with murder and piracy. This portrait was done while Cinquez (or "Cinque") awaited trial in New Haven, Connecticut. John Quincy Adams represented the Africans before the Supreme Court, and thanks to his eloquence, they were set free and allowed to return to Africa. Sheffield's portrait is sympathetic and informal. The text quotes Cinquez's sober and moving speech to his comrades on board ship after the mutiny. He said, "Brothers, we have done that which we purposed, our hands are now clean for we have Striven to regain the precious heritage we received from our fathers. . . . I am resolved it is better to die than to be a white man's slave . . ." Commissioned by the publisher of the New York "Sun," the print was described and advertised for sale in the account of the capture of the "Amistad," published in that newspaper's August 31, 1839 issue. (The "Sun" account, evidently erroneous in this detail, names the artist as "James" Sheffield.) The Library's impression of the lithograph was deposited for copyright the same day. - from Wikimedia Commons — Print portrait of Sengbeh Pieh (a.k.a. Joseph Cinquez) in The Sun, August 31, 1839. Possibly the same portrait that Madison Washington reportedly saw during his time in Philadelphia.

America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 4, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Creole Case, the struggle for emancipation in antebellum America, and how the slaver states wanted to use a war against British Canada to their own advantage.
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Douglass – The Heroic Slave

Home – Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation

Jervey and Huber – The Creole Affair

Jones – The Influence of SLavery on the Webster-Ashburton Negotiations

Momodu – The Creole Case

National Archives – The Amistad Case

Rediker – The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

Sorrell and Berry – This 1841 Rebellion at Sea Freed More Than 100 Enslaved People

US DOS – The Amistad Case, 1839

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

019: The Patriot War (Canadian Almost War 3)

On March 29, 2025 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The Battle of Saint-Eustache by Lord Charles Beauclerk, 1840

America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 3, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Patriot War, a failed Canadian Revolution where the US somehow managed to fight and lose on both sides.
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Guillet – The lives and times of the patriots; an account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Bonthius – The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism with a Gun?

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Ducharme – Closing the Last Chapter of the Atlantic Revolution

Forcese – Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War

Kilbourn – The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada

Kinchen – The Rise and Fall of the Patriot Hunters

Read – The Rising in Western Upper Canada 1837-8: The Duncombe Revolt and After

Sewell: Mackenzie: A Political Biography

Waxman – The Caroline Affair in the Evolving International Law of Self-Defense

016: Occupation and Genocide in Croatia

On October 28, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) to form an unholy alliance of altogether too many podcasts and discuss how the United States occupied a slice of the Croatian coast after World War 1 and helped the newly formed Yugoslavia fend off Italian nationalists. Also, the Italians invent fascism along the way.
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Davidonis 1943 – American Naval Mission in the Adriatic, 1918-1921

Davidonis 1945 – American Naval Mission In The Adriatic, 1918-1921

Field – Split, 1919

Hughes-Hallett – Gabriele d’Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War

Imperial Valley Press 27 – Knox Queries About Marines

Jakir – Reactions in Dalmatia to the Treaty of Rapallo 1920

James – Says Serb Troops Recaptured Trogir

Morning Press 48.23 – U.S. Navy Ousts Italians From Dalmation City

NHHC – NH 111504

Nye – Dalmatia, Centre of War’s Shifting Spotlight

NYT – U.S. Marines Saved Italians At Trogir

NYT – Trogir Recovered Without A Fight By Olympia’s Men

San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram 178 – Senate Wants Facts As To Landing

Simonelli – The lions’ retaliation: D’Annunzio and the italian nationalist mythology in Dalmatia

014: Shinmiyangyo the ExtraForgotten Korean War Part 2

On August 11, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871

Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
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Duvernay – Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

013: Shinmiyangyo the Extra-Forgotten Korean War Part I

On August 5, 2024August 11, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

12: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 2

On July 20, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The American attack on the Pearl River Barrier Forts, lithograph by John Henry Buford

Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.
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Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control

11: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 1

On July 13, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The granary on Taiwan where the Nerbudda Incident prisoners were held until the execution.

010: Invading Taiwan – The Formosa Expedition

On June 23, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

Attack of United States Marines and Sailors on the Pirates of the Island of Formosa, East Indies — Sketch of US Marines engaging the Paiwan from Harper’s Weekly, 1867

Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.
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Gordon – Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers
Le Gendre – Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre
Davidson – The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Meinheit – The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition
NHHC – H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867
NYT – European Intelligence…
NYT – The American Fleet in Chinese Waters — Avenging National Insults
NYT – THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces
NYT – American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition
NYT – China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful…
Wong – Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa

009: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 2

On June 1, 2024 By Trevor CulleyIn America: Secret Wars, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

The USS *Wyoming* sinking the Choshu’s *Lancefield*, engraving 1865

Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.
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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…
CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan
Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds
Convention of Kanagawa
Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”
Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…
Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China