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The Force Behind the Press Gang
At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1792, the population of Great Britain was, according to CensusUK ~10,242,000. By 1800, it had only risen to ~18,387,000. By contrast, France had a 1790 population of ~28,000,000; by 1812, it had grown to ~44,000,000.
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