Jack in Port: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada

19 June able seaman American ashore assault barque black sailors Board of Trade boarding master boarding-house boarding-house-keepers brigantine Britain British Brunswick Canada Sessional Papers Canadian captain cargo charge claimed complaint contract cook crew crewmen crimps desertion discharge drunkenness duty employment engaged force foreign Halifax Police Court harbour hired hospital jail July June leave legislation litigation Liverpool London magistrate major Marine mate merchant shipping month nineteenth century Nova Scotia offences owners prison prosecute protection punishment Quebec Quebec Mercury refused register tickets regulations reported sailors sailortown Saint John Saint John shipping schooner seafaring seamen Seamen's Act sentence Sept Series D ship labourers shipmasters shipowners shipping acts shipping master shipping office steamers stoppages timber voyage water police weeks William winter