At the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the number of skilled and unskilled sailors needed to staff sea-going vessels fell short. Innocent men were forced to serve as seamen under conditions that were little better than serfdom. This cunning practice happened through a secret underground in one part of the Pacific northwest.…
Episode 16: Unsuspecting Men were “Shanghaied” Through Port Townsend’s Secret Underground
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