gangsman

Updated: May 19, 2025

Whenever they saw a vessel bound in, they were in the habit of putting off to her and of first inciting the crew to escape and then hiring themselves at exorbitant rates to work the vessel into port. On such mischievous interlopers the gangsman had no mercy.

J. R. (John Robert) Hutchinson - The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore