The Crisis in American-British Relations Over the 1797 Mutiny on the British Frigate "Hermione"

FAIN: FA-57289-13

A. Roger Ekirch
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA 24061-2000)

This book-length study sets out to examine the most violent mutiny in the history of Britain's Royal Navy whereby crew members in 1797 murdered the captain and nine officers aboard the "Hermione" in the Caribbean. Of primary concern are the uprising's repercussions for both the young American republic and the presidency of John Adams. The mutiny thrust upon the administration a set of incendiary issues involving human rights and national sovereignty, owing to the purported presence of impressed American sailors aboard the vessel and the threatened extradition of U.S. citizens as well as foreign nationals to Britain for their alleged hand in the violence. Apart from playing a role of unheralded magnitude in the presidential election of 1800, the crisis widened the nation's open door to political refugees, thereby fulfilling America's Revolutionary mission as an "asylum for mankind."

Associated Products

Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775 (Book)
Title: Bound for America: The Transportation of British Convicts to the Colonies, 1718-1775
Author: Ekirch, A. Roger
Year: 1987
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780198202110
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry
Publisher: Oxford: Clarendon Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780198202110

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution (Book)
Title: American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
Author: A. Roger Ekirch
Abstract: The research for which I was fortunate enough to receive a fellowship tn 2013-2014 has resulted in my book, "American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution," due to be published by Pantheon, an imprint of Knopf/Doubleday on February 21, 2017. I am very grateful for this support!
Year: 2017
Publisher: Knopf/Doubleday

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