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Between 1799 and 1812, an estimated 9,991 men claiming American citizenry were pressed into service by Britain's Royal Navy, then engaged in the Napoleolic [sic] Wars.
On June 22, 1807 the infamous encounter between the USS Chesapeake and HMS Leopard took place where four sailors were forcibly removed from the Chesapeake. British impressment was among the reasons for Congress's declaration of War in 1812. |