While on his first cruise aboard Providence, he destroyed British fisheries in Nova Scotia and captured sixteen prize British ships. Jones was quickly promoted to captain in 1776, and was given command of the sloop Providence. He was commissioned a lieutenant on the first American flagship, Alfred. He concealed his identity by adding the surname Jones.Īt the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, Jones went to Philadelphia and entered the Continental Navy. To avoid trial, he fled to Virginia and was considered a fugitive by the British. In 1773, he killed the leader of his mutinous crew in self-defense at Tobago, in the West Indies. He became first mate on a slaver brigantine in 1766, but soon left that trade in disgust. At the age of 12 he entered the British merchant marine and went to sea for the first time as a cabin boy. Jones was born John Paul on 6 July 1747, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. Adapted from Lauren Pitre's article for SWONET
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