After an hour and a half, they all had surrendered. "Kemp" lacked enough men to operate all the ships so they selected four, and left the rest to continue. In a campaign of only six days, which was perhaps the boldest blow given by a privateer from Baltimore, Almeida defeated eight ships without any assistance, sacked four that contained forty- six guns and four hundred and thirty men, who were sent to Charleston. One only of the ships he caught, "Rosabella" of 261 tons, loaded with sugar and coffee, was estimated at $300,000 (although in that case it was destroyed upon entering the port). The press celebrated his return to the feat and proudly Almeida said "Like the gallant Perry, we can say 'we have met the enemy and they are ours.' " The actions of "Kemp" became one of the greatest privateering achievements in the War of 1812. In total "Kemp" captured 11 enemy ships, including the launches "Lady Mary Pelham" and "Portsea", vessels "Ottawa" and "Princess", the sloop "P. W. Mynes" and the schooner "Resolution". The capture of a British brig loaded with hundreds of slaves, the 129-ton schooner "Caroline," under Almeida's command resulted in a judicial action that established jurisprudence in the United States. Almeida tried to sell the slaves as prize goods covered under the Prize Act of 1812, but was opposed by Thomas Parker, the District Attorney of South Carolina, on the grounds that assuming ownership was a contradiction of the Prohibition Act of 1807, which banned the importation of slaves. Parker argued that the sale of slaves did in fact amount to importation and "claimed the slaves on behalf of the United States as prisoners of war." "Almeida v. Certain Slaves", which was considered one of the most important legal cases of the period, was filed before District Judge John Drayton, the former governor of South Carolina. Despite the arguments of Almeida's attorney, Robert Y. Hayne, Drayton ruled against Almeida. With "Caroline", Almeida captured 24 ships, including the brigs "Drake", "Abel", "Elizabeth", "Elizabeth City", "Experience", "Criterion" and "Stephen", the schooners "Carlscrona", "Fanny", "Jasper", "Jason" and "Mariner", the boats "Joachim" and "Eliza", and sloops "Osiris", "Industry", "Mary" and "Peggy".