The Creole incident involved a mutiny of African American slaves on board the American ship Creole, who were then granted freedom by the British authorities in the Bahamas, causing tension between the United States and Britain.

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The Creole Incident

Question 34

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The Creole incident:

A) strained relations between the United States and France
B) involved the British freeing American slaves after they mutinied and escaped
C) involved the seizure and destruction of an American steamboat at Niagara Falls
D) was solved almost single-handedly by Henry Clay
E) was caused when Congress reopened the African slave trade

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