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- Title
Neutral Rights: Why Did Neutrality Matter to Connecticut's Maritime Industry?
- Authors
STEENBURG, NANCY
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance of neutrality rights to the maritime industry in the early 19th century and to the U.S. government's decision to enter the War of 1812. It focuses upon the legal entanglements of U.S. maritime merchant Richard Law as he commanded a neutral trading ship called the "Egeria" from the U.S. to Russia in 1810. The article states that Law's ship was boarded by a Norwegian privateer and that Law and his crew were detained while several other U.S. neutral ships were captured for their cargoes. The article discusses Law's travails within the court systems in Norway and those operated by the Danish High Court of Admiralty, the U.S. government's intercession on Law's behalf, and Law's journey back to the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LAW, Richard; NEUTRALITY; PRIVATEERS; NEUTRAL trade with belligerents; HISTORY of commerce; SHIP cargo; INTERNATIONAL law; MARITIME law; WAR of 1812; DANISH history; NINETEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Connecticut History, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
0884-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/44370165