The Commerce of East Florida During the Embargo, 1806-1812: The Role of Amelia Island

• Main Author: Ward, Christopher
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: STARS 2022
• Subjects: American Studies; United States History; St. Marys River; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol68/iss2/4; https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3885&context=fhq

When Thomas Jefferson’s embargo policy brought much of North Atlantic commerce to a halt, world economic patterns—already stressed by France’s continental system— readjusted along informal lines for the duration of the Napoleonic era. Of the numerous “transshipment” ports that evolved between 1807 a...