 Barrie's rough treatment of the captured towns in central Maine earned the British lasting resentment in that region.Forces under Barrie went on to destroy the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla.In November 1813, ten of Whittington's slaves escaped to the British frigate "Dragon" under Commodore John Barrie.3 The ship had dropped anchor off St. George's Island near the Maryland shore of the Potomac River, but it was also visible from the Virginia shore.