The Vice-Admiralty Courts and the American Revolution

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ubbelohde, Carl.

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Vice-Admiralty Courts.

Great Britain.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

UNC Press enduring editions.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, 1960.

Summary:

This study describes the courts of vice-admiralty as they existed in the American colonies at the beginning of the revolutionary struggles, analyzes the changes in the courts and their jurisdiction from 1763 to the outbreak of the war, and examines the American objections to the vice-admiralty system. Originally published in 1960. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. SALT-WATER COURTS; The Courts; The Jurisdiction; The Courts and the Common Law; 2. A WAR ENDS AND A COURT BEGINS; Privateers and Smugglers; A Sea Guard Is Established; Parliament Passes the ""Black Act''; 3. FROM SUGAR TO STAMPS; Collectors and Captains; An Alteration Is Postponed; Crisis in the Colonies; 4. COURTS AND CUSTOMS; An Incident at Cape Fear; The Stamp Act Is Repealed; Mr. Townshend's Acts; 5. SOME PATRIOTS ARE MADE, NOT BORN; Mr. Laurens Goes to Court; Warfare on the Water Front; Mr. Hancock Loses a Ship; 6. FOUR NEW COURTS; The New Establishment

Gentlemen of Science and AbilitiesThe Rights of Englishmen; 7. THE COURTS AT WORK; The System Is Completed; The Provincial Vice-Admiralty Courts; The King's Broad Arrow; 8. NEW COURTS FOR OLD; The Rift Widens; The Judges Go Home; Congress Creates a Committee; 9. FACT AND FICTION; A NOTE ON SOURCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908420-1-5

979-88-908420-2-2

0-8078-3840-3

1-4696-0059-5

OCLC:

869737282