Captured at Sea

With Savannah under British control, George Walton arranges to send his wife Dorothy to go by sea to Charleston to stay with family, probably her older sister Mary Camber Brisbane. With Dorothy is an enslaved woman named Cloe; Cloe’s infant son Charlie; and another enslaved woman, Clarissa. The first night at sea, the ship encounters a storm, which badly damages the ship. Dorothy’s ship was then captured by the British Frigate Guadeloupe. By a later account, Dorothy Walton “bore all her troubles with the greatest fortitude.”