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Alexander Slidell Mackenzie

U.S. naval officer & author (1803-1848) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 45

Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, born Alexander Slidell, was a United States Navy officer, famous for his 1842 decision to execute three suspected mutineers aboard a ship under his command USS Somers in the Somers Mutiny.

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Mackenzie was also an accomplished man of letters, producing several volumes of travel writing and biographies of early important US naval figures, some of whom he knew personally.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1803 to 1848 · aged 45