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Impressment of American Seamen
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An engraving depicting the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy during the period before the War of 1812. The image shows a group of American sailors and two British sailors at opposite ends of the same boat.
April 1884
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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W014193
WHi 91993
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