Bayonne decree explained

Bayonne Decree was a Napoleonic decree passed on April 17, 1808, during the Napoleonic Wars. It ordered the seizure of all American ships arriving in France.[1] American vessels in French ports were ruled to be in violation of the Embargo Act of 1807 passed months earlier, or if not, either British or American ships in Britain's service.[2] [3] An estimated in American property was confiscated, especially due to the confiscation of vessels that were subject to unavoidable examination by British cruisers.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: France: Decrees on Trade 1793-1810 . July 7, 2023 . Napoleon Series.
  2. Book: Hildreth, Richard . The History of the United States of America, Volume 2 . . 1880 . United States . 85 . en . July 7, 2023.
  3. Book: Smelser, Marshall . The Democratic Republic: 1801–1815 . Waveland Press . 1968 . 172.
  4. Book: Hill, Peter P. . https://books.google.com/books?id=FDTSSmWm0q0C&dq=Bayonne+Decree&pg=PT63 . Napoleon's Troublesome Americans: Franco-American Relations, 1804–1815 . . 2005 . Chapter 5: Captured Ships and Stranded Seamen; Napoleon Reacts to the Embargo. 9781612343013 .
  5. Book: Heckscher . Eli Filip . The Continental System: An Economic Interpretation . Fearenside . Charles Scott . . 1922 . Westergaard . Harald . United Kingdom . 135–136 . July 7, 2023.

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