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Forgotten patriots : the untold story of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War

Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown, and just over 6,800 died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17...

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Main Author: Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, c2008.
Subjects and Genres:
Great Britain. > Army > Prisons > History > 18th century.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 18th century.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Military prisons > New York (State) > New York > History > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Prisoners and prisons, British.
New York (N.Y.) > History, Military > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Brooklyn
  • Destined to the cord
  • The stool of repentance
  • A cry of barbarity & cruelty
  • Sweet liberty
  • War ad terrorem
  • The war of words
  • Dead reckonings
  • Forgotten patriots.

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