Reuben Kemper leads a small force in …
Years: 1810 - 1810
September
Reuben Kemper leads a small force in an attempt to capture Mobile, but the expedition ends in failure.
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Kemper and his brothers Nathan and Samuel had settled in Feliciana Parish, near Baton Rouge, Spanish West Florida, shortly after 1800.
Expelled from the province by the Spanish authorities in a dispute over land titles, the Kemper brothers had organized a small force in the Mississippi Territory and returned, declaring West Florida to be independent.
They had attempted to capture Baton Rouge in 1804, but were defeated, having failed to gain the support of local Anglo-American settlers.
Most of the latter were satisfied with Spanish rule on account of Spain's liberal land grants and its protection of slavery.
The following year Spanish forces had captured all three brothers while they were on U.S. soil, but American forces had rescued them as they were being taken down the Mississippi River.
In 1810, during the rebellion against Spanish rule by British and Anglo-American settlers (who comprised the majority of inhabitants), Reuben Kemper and Joseph White are authorized to invite the inhabitants of Mobile and Pensacola to join in the revolt.
When Kemper crosses into the Mississippi Territory, U.S. forces arrest him, as they do not wish to provoke Spain into war and fear Kemper's intentions.
He is more fortunate than his colleagues, who are seized by the Spanish authorities and sent as prisoners to El Morro, in Havana, Cuba, but the rebellion spreads.
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Kemper and his brothers Nathan and Samuel had settled in Feliciana Parish, near Baton Rouge, Spanish West Florida, shortly after 1800.
Expelled from the province by the Spanish authorities in a dispute over land titles, the Kemper brothers had organized a small force in the Mississippi Territory and returned, declaring West Florida to be independent.
They had attempted to capture Baton Rouge in 1804, but were defeated, having failed to gain the support of local Anglo-American settlers.
Most of the latter were satisfied with Spanish rule on account of Spain's liberal land grants and its protection of slavery.
The following year Spanish forces had captured all three brothers while they were on U.S. soil, but American forces had rescued them as they were being taken down the Mississippi River.
In 1810, during the rebellion against Spanish rule by British and Anglo-American settlers (who comprised the majority of inhabitants), Reuben Kemper and Joseph White are authorized to invite the inhabitants of Mobile and Pensacola to join in the revolt.
When Kemper crosses into the Mississippi Territory, U.S. forces arrest him, as they do not wish to provoke Spain into war and fear Kemper's intentions.
He is more fortunate than his colleagues, who are seized by the Spanish authorities and sent as prisoners to El Morro, in Havana, Cuba, but the rebellion spreads.
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- West Florida
- Mississippi, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Orleans, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- Louisiana, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- Spain, Bonapartist Kingdom of
- West Florida, Republic of
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- West Florida Controversy
- Spanish American wars of independence
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Years: 1810 - 1810
September
Locations
People
Groups
- West Florida
- Mississippi, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Orleans, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- Louisiana, Territory of (U.S.A.)
- Spain, Bonapartist Kingdom of
- West Florida, Republic of
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- West Florida Controversy
- Spanish American wars of independence
Subjects
Regions
Subregions