RE SLAVERY AND SERVITUDES WHITE AND BLACK WHY NOT MENTION IMPRESSMENT TOO

Re this recent topic: RE BLACK SLAVERY WHITE SERVITUDES SOURCES

 See also the fun topic of white impressment, a form of shipboard servitude common not only in Britain but also in America. It was upheld, after all, by decisions under the Common Law.

Impressment was quite common in New England port towns throughout the colonial period I believe.

The U S Colonial Navy, during the War of Independence, used it also in Virginia.