The Oyster Wars were a series of sometimes violent disputes between oyster pirates and authorities and legal watermen from Maryland and Virginia in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River from 1865 until about 1959. == Background == In 1830, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation which authorized only state residents to harvest oysters in its waters.
The Oyster Wars were a series of sometimes violent disputes between oyster pirates and authorities and legal watermen from Maryland and Virginia in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River from 1865 until about 1959. == Background == In 1830, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation which authorized only state residents to harvest oysters in its waters.
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