Book, captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution history professor t. Cole jones illustrates inhumane conditions inside 18thcentury prison camps and examines how the Continental Congress dealt with the problem of thousands of pows, a population that sometimes outnumbered the American Army. Next, professor jones discusses his book at the American Revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. Dir. Mccallister clark good evening, everyone. Its so nice to see you here this evening. So many good old friends and new faces. I am ellen mccallister clark, the Library Director at the American Revolution institute of the society of cincinnati. It is my very special pleasure tonight to be the one to introduce t. Cole jones, who us thisspeaking to evening about his new book captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution, which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We hav
Liberty, prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We have known professor jones, cole, since 2010 when he received a society of the cincinnati scholars grant to conduct research in our library in support of his doctoral dissertation on enemy prisoners of war in revolutionary america. We have since followed his career and accomplishments with great interest and admiration. He received his ph. D. From Johns Hopkins in 2014, went on to hold post doctoral fellowships at the American Society and the New York Historical society and since 2015 he has been assistant professor of history at purdue university. Captives of liberty is an important and thought provoking book that examines how the founding generation of americans grappled with the problems of prisoner treatment during the eightyear conflict. American forces captured more than 17,000 british and allied germanic soldiers as well as thou
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