Record #:

12826

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Appointed Governor of the Province of Carolina by the Lords Proprietors of London and set to begin his term in 1678, Seth Sothel was captured by pirates while en route to the New World. Eventually reaching the Albemarle in 1863, Sothel retained his post through 1688, at which point he was overthrown, tried, and convicted of oppression, tyranny, extortion, and bribery. Sothel was declared permanently incapable of holding the Office of Governor in the Albemarle and was exiled for twelve months.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 12, Nov 1960, p28

Subject(s):

Governors