President Jefferson Passes the Embargo Act

Title

President Jefferson Passes the Embargo Act

Description

With Thomas Jefferson’s embargo of U.S. ships not going to any foreign ports, Connecticut industry suffers greatly. This leads to economic depression and layoffs for many industries

Source

Bruce Fraser, Land of Steady Habits: A Brief History of Connecticut (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1988), 30.

Date

1807

Contributor

dube_briana

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“President Jefferson Passes the Embargo Act,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/697.