USS Margaret Scott (1861)

USS Margaret Scott (1861)

The Margaret Scott was purchased 30 November 1861 in New Bedford for use in the Stone Fleet. She was fitted out as a slave ship, and had been confiscated by the US Marshall. She was sunk 20 January 1862 in Maffitt's Channel in Charleston harbor.A woman named Margaret Scott had been executed as one of the Salem Witches.

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* [http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/stonefleet.html Essay on Massachusetts Stone Fleet Ships]


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