Although not officially abolished it has not been practiced much since it reached its height during the Napoleonic Wars.
In Chapter 24 of Smollet's Roderick Random Mr. Thomson saves the title character from this practice while James Fenimore Cooper rails against it in Afloat and Ashore. Although not officially abolished it has not been practiced much since it reached its height during the Napoleonic Wars. The Nicholson Non-Importation Act and the Embargo Act of 1807 were U.S. retaliations against its use on American citizens the most famous incident of which occurred after the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake. FTP identify this action, one of the causes of the War of 1812, the forcible recruitment a person into naval service.
In Chapter 24 of Smollet's Roderick Random Mr. Thomson saves the title character from this practice while James Fenimore Cooper rails against it in Afloat and Ashore.
{Impressment} (accept Press Gangs or Pressment).