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Impressment of American Sailors
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Description: The English Royal Navy would impress American sailors, kidnapping them to force them to serve in the military.
Source: Henry E. Chambers School History of the United States (New Orleans: F. F. Hansell & Bro, 1887) 157
Keywords: impressment, press, press-ganging, sailors, royal navy, war of 1812, ship, soldiers, American seamen, kidnap, forced military
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