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The Vice-Admiralty Courts and the American Revolution /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
1960.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Salt -water courts. The courts. The jurisdiction. The courts and the common law
- A war ends and a court begins. Privateers and smugglers. A sea guard is established. Parliament passes the ""Black Act"
- From sugar to stams. Collectors and captains. An alteration is postponed. Crisis in the colonies
- Courts and customs. An incident at Cape Fear. The Stamp Act is repealed. Mr. Townshend's acts
- Some patriots are made, not born. Mr. Laurens goes to court. Warfare on the water front. Mr. Hancock loses a ship
- Four new courts. The new establishment. Gentlemen of science and abilities. The rights of Englishmen
- The courts at work. The system is completed. The provincial vice-admiralty courts. The King's broad arrow
- New courts for old. The rift widens. The judges go home. Congress creates a committee
- Fact and fiction.