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Blockading privateers in port not very successful.
Blockading privateers in port not very successful.
Led to The Chesapeake Campaign
- In retaliation for the actions of the Baltimore privateers, the British launched the Chesapeake Campaign in 1814 for the purpose of "cleaning out that nest of pirates in Baltimore." Its goal - to shut down the shipyards of Fells Point and halt the production of the deadly Baltimore Clippers.