048 Dangerous Guests; Enemy Captives During the War for Independence

Published: Sept. 22, 2015, 5 a.m.

When we think about the War for American Independence many of us conjure images of Washington crossing the Delaware, Cornwallis\u2019 surrender at Yorktown, or perhaps the freezing winters at Valley Forge or Jockey Hollow.

What we don\u2019t tend to think about are enemy prisoners of war, the British and German soldiers the patriot militia and Continental Army units captured during and after battles.

Today, we explore the day-to-day experiences of British and German POWs during the War for Independence with Ken Miller, Associate Professor of History at Washington College and author of Dangerous Guests: Enemy Captives and Revolutionary Communities during the War for Independence.

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