Rasor Bibliography

View entry no. 179

Full entry text:

Agostini, Thomas. "'Deserted His Majesty's Service': Military Runaways, the British-American Press, and the Problem of Desertion during the Seven Years' War." J Social His, 40 (Summer 2007): 957-87. Over 2000 deserted.

Categories:

18th C. (1700-1799); age of sail; Anglo-American; condition; impressment; Royal Navy;

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , age of sail