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At sea under impressment; accounts of involuntary service aboard navy and pirate vessels, 1700-1820.
Choate, Jean (College of Coastal Georgia, 2010)"This book provides an historical overview of impressment, in which naval officers oversaw a gang that abducted British and American citizens, and held them captive until they were sent to sea as unwilling sailors. Included ...