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SYMHC Classics: The Darien Disaster

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Should We Stay or Should We Go Back Home?

Settlers in New York were described as looking, quote, rather like skeletons than men being starved. The Spanish soon blockaded the port and forced the colonists to surrender March 18, 1700. But fortunately for the Scots, the Spanish commander was pretty generous. He gave them two weeks to pack up supplies and scavenge her food before they got out.

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