200 years ago TODAY, on Sunday, May 24, 1818,  Andrew Jackson took Pensacola (don't waste your time trying to find ANYONE interested in discussing or EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING that fact). This set the stage for one of the most critical events in all American history: The Capture of the Three Slave Ships, MERINO, CONSTITUTION & LOUISA. This case where slaves from Africa were captured by the American military while being illegally imported into Spanish Pensacola ( then under U.S. military rule) , established a test for how STRINGENTLY the United States would enforce its laws which FORBID THE IMPORTATION OF NEW SLAVES INTO THE COUNTRY. http://rrcaolt.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/7/0/8470429/olt_paper_sample.pdf