Impressment of American Sailors Small 320×216 Medium 640×432 Large 1024×692 Download Tiff Original 2400×1621 | (3.1 MB) Description The English Royal Navy would impress American sailors, kidnapping them to force them to serve in the military. Keywords American seamen, forced military, impressment, kidnap, press, press-ganging, royal navy, sailors, ship, soldiers, War of 1812 Galleries 1789-1860 American Republic Source: Henry E. Chambers School History of the United States (New Orleans, LA: F. F. Hansell & Bro, 1887)
