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Excerpt from Spanish Seamen in the New World During the Colonial PeriodA passage rather curious from our viewpoint, but not from the mariner's, attests the fact that he was never free from duty for very long intervals.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art t...

Excerpt from The Sailors' Union of the PacificThe seamen of the world today are for the most part unfree. Men ashore, possessing legal liberty, take for granted the rights of personal freedom which enable them to advance and make more secure their economic and social position. Under the laws of the United States alone, and that completely only since 1915, have sailors been fully accorded the rights of free men. Owing to the economic helplessne...

Excerpt from The Sailors' Union of the PacificThe seamen of the world today are for the most part unfree. Men ashore, possessing legal liberty, take for granted the rights of personal freedom which enable them to advance and make more secure their economic and social position. Under the laws of the United States alone, and that completely only since 1915, have sailors been fully accorded the rights of free men. Owing to the economic helplessne...

Excerpt from Spanish Seamen in the New World During the Colonial PeriodThe Spanish mariners of the New World were governed by the laws of the Indies. Their conditions of service were perhaps more vitally affected by the manner in which masters of ships saw fit to exercise (or exceed) their authority. But beneath both enactments and arbitrary authority lay the Consulado del Mare, the maritime law at the basis of all legal relationships of the s...