A month later the governors of six more states, meeting in conference, enigmatically urged the impressment of slaves for “the public service as may be required.”.
The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors
The British navy used press gangs to commandeer manpower for naval service During the Napoleonic Wars, British captains impressed seamen from neutral vessels, even naturalized American citizens America's sense of national honor was outraged, and impressment became a cause of war in 1812
Enforcement of military or naval service on unwilling men. Until the early 19th century, it flourished in port towns everywhere, as "recruiters" searched through waterfront boardinghouses, brothels, and taverns. They often chose vagabonds or prisoners. Impressed men were forced into service through violence or coercion and were held to their duty by brutal discipline. In the early 19th century, Royal Navy ships halting U.S. vessels to search for British deserters frequently impressed naturalized U.S. citizens, one cause of the War of 1812. Impressment declined in the 19th century as states adopted more systematic recruiting methods. See also conscription
The British policy of forcibly drafting British subjects employed on American vessels to serve in the British Navy It sometimes resulted in the impressment of American seamen and was a cause of war between the United States and Britain in 1812
The act of seizing people or property for public service or use Impressment was stated as one cause of the War of 1812 between the U S and England Less than 30 years after the war that established the United States as separate from England, the English considered many Americans were still English and many English sailors found work on American ships Therefore, the English felt it was their right to stop American ships, search for English sailors and force them to serve in the Royal Navy
The British practice of seizing seamen from American merchant ships and forcing them to serve in the British navy Impressment was one of the causes of the War of 1812
The act or practice of forcing men into military service, or seizing property for public service or use