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Online veröffentlicht: 07. Sept. 2023
Seitenbereich: 195 - 226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2023-0021
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© 2023 Robert M. Jarvis, published by Sciendo
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In 1859, Key West found itself transfixed by a sensational criminal trial. Styled United States v. Carcer, Eloy, and Davis, and presided over by William Marvin, the island's legendary federal judge, the case involved a mutiny-murder aboard the slave ship Enterprise. Although famous in its day, the tale has been all but forgotten due to the Great Key West Fire of 1886, which destroyed nearly every record of the affair.