White Act of 1898
The White Act of 1898 is a United States Federal statute governing mariners in the United States Merchant Marine.
Among other things, the act:
- abolished the practice of imprisoning sailors who deserted from vessels in "American or nearby waters."[1]
- abolished corporal punishment of seamen[1]
Prior to the White Act of 1898 "'bully mates'...had relied on their fists, belaying pins, and handspikes to enforce discipline."[1]
Notes
References
- Bauer, K. Jack (1988). A Maritime History of the United States: The Role of America's Seas and Waterways. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina. ISBN 0-87249-519-1.
- "American Merchant Marine Timeline, 1789 - 2005". American Maritime History in the Age of Sail. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
- Sailors' Union of the Pacific. "SUP History". Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
- Sailors' Union of the Pacific. "Chapter I: The Lookout of the Labor Movement". Sailors' Union of the Pacific. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
- Gibson, E. Kay (2006). Brutality on Trial: Hellfire Pedersen, Fighting Hansen, And the Seaman's Act of 1915. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. p. 225. ISBN 0-8130-2991-0. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
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