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American Sanctuary
- Author
- A. Roger Ekirch
- Narrator
- Tom Zingarelli
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 21 February 2017
- Run Time
- 8 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- A. Roger Ekirch
- Narrator
- Tom Zingarelli
- Duration
- 8 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 February 2017
- ISBN
- 9781681684284
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- History, European history, Citizenship and nationality law, Immigration law, History of the Americas, Naval forces and warfare, Military history, Jurisprudence and general issues, Maritime history
Synopsis
The extraordinary story of the mutiny aboard the frigate HMS Hermione in 1797 (eight years after the mutiny on the Bounty)—the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal Navy, that led to the extradition from America, and the hanging by the British, of the martyred sailor Jonathan Robbins. This event plunged the two-decade-old American Republic into a constitutional crisis, and powerfully contributed to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election of 1800. It propelled to the fore the fundamental issue of political asylum and extradition, still being debated today—more than two hundred years later.
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