White Act of 1898
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The White Act of 1898 is a United States Federal statute that abolished the practice of imprisoning sailors who deserted from vessels in "American or nearby waters." The act also sought an end of corporal punishment aboard merchant ships.
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- American Merchant Marine Timeline, 1789 - 2005. American Maritime History in the Age of Sail. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
- SUP History. Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
- Chapter I: The Lookout of the Labor Movement. Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
- Gibson, E. Kay (2006), Brutality on Trial: Hellfire Pedersen, Fighting Hansen, And the Seaman's Act of 1915, University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813029910.
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