At sea under impressment : accounts of involuntary service aboard navy and pirate vessels, 1700-1820 / edited by Jean Choate.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Choate, Jean.

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sailors--United States--Biography.

Sailors.

Seafaring life.

History.

Naval history.

Impressment.

United States.

Sailors--Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Impressment--History--18th century.

Impressment--History--19th century.

United States--History, Naval--18th century.

United States--History, Naval--19th century.

Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century.

Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.

Pirates--History.

Pirates.

Seafaring life--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2010]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

pt. I. Impressed

John Newton

Joshua Davis

Joshua Penny

Pirates!

John Stradley

Jacob Nagle

Joseph Bates

Dartmoor Prison

Stephen Cabot

James R. Durand

Thomas Urquhart

pt. II. Afterward

William Molyneux afterward

John Newton afterward

Joseph Bates afterward

Jacob Nagle afterward

Joshua Penny afterward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

9780786443741

078644374X

OCLC:

476156877

Publisher Number:

99937925371