S3E2 ”Rebels, Turn Out Your Dead”

The treatment of Prisoner's of War is a long and disgusting history.  The evil treatment delivered to Prisoners of War goes back as far as War itself.  During the American Revolution, American prisoner's of the British were placed deep inside ships and left to die.  Air quality was so bad that a candle would not even stay lit.  More people died in these Prison Ships than died in battle.  Make sure and watch or listen to this episode of Revolutionary War Rarities.  We are the podcast from the Sons of the American Revolution.

 

For more information on this episode reference:

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1963/february/old-jersey-prison-ship - U.S. Naval Institute

https://www.history.com/news/british-prison-ships-american-revolution-hms-jersey - "The Appalling Way the British Tried to Recruit Americans Away from Revolt

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/prisoners-of-war - "Prisoners of War"

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-hms-jersey - HMS Jersey - Prison, Revolution & Ship

https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/hms-jersey - HMS Jersey

 

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