Rebel, Traitor, Sailor, Spy: The Social Figure of the Smuggler in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Britain

Smuggling was a common practice in eighteenth-century Britain and British governments tried to prevent it with an increasing arsenal of penal statutes. Beyond the practice of smuggling, however, it was much debated as evidence of deeper problems. Among local populations, it was often regarded as a “...

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Main Author: Hannes Ziegler
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Centre de Recherches Historiques 2024-07-01
Series:L'Atelier du CRH
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/30758
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