What Was Impressment

What was impressment?

A) the legal doctrine stating that a slave who traveled to free territory was still in bondage
B) the practice of kidnapping sailors and forcing them to serve in the British navy
C) the legal and economic rights held by an apprentice during his apprenticeship
D) the process through which an immigrant applied for citizenship prior to 1845
E) the legal doctrine that prevented widows from inheriting property upon their husbands' deaths