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An ordinance, Ascertaining what Captures on Water shall be lawful ... Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the fifth year of our Independence
Title
An ordinance, Ascertaining what Captures on Water shall be lawful ... Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, and in the fifth year of our Independence.; 545. United States. Continental Congress.An ordinance, ascertaining what captures on water shall be lawful ... Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one
Identifier(s)
apsrevcity:7017
Description
An ordinance about capturing ships that describes what is deemed lawful by Congress. Specific orders on what to do with enslaved persons discovered on a ship is provided.; American Philosophical Society
Subject
Waging the War; Slavery; Broadsides; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations; Slavery--United States--History--18th century; Hanson, John, 1715-1783; Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824; United States. Continental Congress
Date
[1781]; 2022