About this episode
During the American Revolution, the British captured thousands of American Continentals, militia, spies and sympathizers, and crammed them into prison ships between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Squalid conditions and barbaric treatment were imposed upon thousands of inmates, crammed in hulks throughout the New York harbor. It's a largely forgotten story that is sobering to behold."Brooklyn, New York Aug 27, 1776" | American Battlefield TrustPrison Ship Martyrs Monument History | NYC Gov ParksThe Battle of Brooklyn | New-York Historical Society Exhibition: September 23, 2016 - January 8, 2017Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace and Edwin G. BurrowsLoyalists in New York City During the Revolution | C-SPAN.orgThe New York Prison Ships in the American Revolution | Proceedings - March 1935 Vol. 61/3/385H.R.1501 - Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act 113th Congress (2013-2014)The HMS Jersey | BY: HISTORY.COM EDITORS UPDATED: AUGUST 21, 2018 | ORIGINAL: MARCH 19, 2010The Appalling Way the British Tried to Recruit Americans Away from Revolt | BY: GREG DAUGHERTY PUBLISHED: JANUARY 31, 2020 | HISTORY.COMBecome an official Morbuddy: patreon.com/themorbidmuseum Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.comArtwork: Brit
