At sea under impressment
Subtitle: accounts of involuntary service aboard navy and pirate vessels, 1700-1820
By: edited by Jean Choate
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786443741
Description: "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 are personal accounts of thirteen men and a chapter on Dartmoor Prison which held thousands of impressed Americans during the War of 1812"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Impressed; title: John Newton; title: Joshua Davis; title: Joshua Penny; title: Pirates!; title: John Stradley; title: Jacob Nagle; title: Joseph Bates; title: Dartmoor Prison; title: Stephen Cabot; title: James R. Durand; title: Thomas Urquhart; title: pt. 2. Afterward; title: William Molyneux afterward; title: John Newton afterward; title: Joseph Bates afterward; title: Jacob Nagle afterward; title: Joshua Penny afterward.