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5000 American Seamen detained on board British vessels!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07703 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1808 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 27.6 cm, Width: 22.1 cm Order a Copy

Alerts citizens to British impressment, American prisoners in France, "Algerine Piracy and Barbarity," and the relocation of American families to Canada, and blames it all on the Embargo Act of 1807. Urges "a hearty vote for the ANTI-EMBARGO and FEDERAL REPUBLICAN TICKET" in the election of 1808.

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