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The Prison Ship Uprising (episode 228)
The Prison Ship Uprising (episode 228)
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54 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2021
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Description
On August 10, 1780, British prisoners of war being held on a ship on Boston Harbor conspired to disarm their guards and escape. In the end, they were all caught, but an American guard was killed. This case gives us a fascinating insight into what life was like for POWs in the American Revolution, but there’s very little record of it in historical sources. If the prosecutor in the murder case hadn’t signed the Declaration of Independence four years earlier, his papers may not have been considered worth saving, and we might have no record of this interesting case at all. Amazingly, the defense basically argued that all’s fair in love and war, and that since the redcoats had been taken prisoner by force, they had a right to seek freedom by force. Even more amazingly, it worked!
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Full show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/228/
Support us: http://patreon.com/HUBhistory/
Released:
Aug 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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