"America's greatest Revolutionary naval commander and founder of America's naval tradition, John Paul Jones hailed from Scotland. He was born simply John Paul on July 6, 1747 to John Paul and Jean Duff Paul on the estate of Arbigland near Kirkcudbright, Scotland, where his father worked as a gardener.
At the age of 13, John Paul was apprenticed to a ship owner and began his career at sea. He immediately entered into the Atlantic trade that linked England, America, the West Indies, and Africa. Paul's older brother had married and settled in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the destination of many of the youngster's early voyages. He was also a crew member on at least three slaving voyages to Africa and grew to hate the traffic in human cargo.
At the age of 21, on a voyage from Jamaica to Scotland on a ship called John, he took command, when both the captain and first mate died from yellow fever. Bringing the ship and the crew safely into port quickly advanced his career. As a reward, the grateful Scottish owners made him captain of the ship and its crew, and gave him ten percent of the cargo…"
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