It was off the coast here that Commodore Matthew Perry, ordered by the US government to open diplomatic relation with Japan by force if necessary, anchored his fleet of black ships.
A fleet of ships was docked off the coastline here by Commodore Matthew Perry.
you know sense about you then even if you did the exact same crime chances are you wouldn't get you'd get life instead of the death penalty as a opposed to somebody who couldn't communicate well and at that time it just seemed so fair unfair that um i i felt like i couldn't uh um you know i just didn't agree with it