In December 1777, a Continental colonel struck a drunk British prisoner with his sword. The wound was minor.
A British general called it a plot to murder prisoners, and demanded a court-martial.
Hear the story in ep 451.
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@bfworld.bsky.socialIn December 1777, a Continental colonel struck a drunk British prisoner with his sword. The wound was minor.
A British general called it a plot to murder prisoners, and demanded a court-martial.
Hear the story in ep 451.
@bfworld.bsky.socialA British general surrendered at Saratoga, then demanded to prosecute an American colonel in an American court-martial. The Americans agreed.
Hear the full story in episode 451 of Ben Franklin's World.
@readex.com"It was received with universal shouts of joy": The Declaration of Independence is read aloud across the new United States of America: https://ow.ly/SKSM50ZIkGg
@bfworld.bsky.socialThe Declaration of Independence was just one leg of a three-legged stool. The other two legs: a confederation plan and a French alliance. Without all three, the stool of independence wouldn't stand.
@bfworld.bsky.socialHere's something counterintuitive: the Declaration of Independence doesn't criticize the institution of monarchy. Not once. Why? Because its biggest job was convincing King Louis XVI of France to join the war on America's side.
@bfworld.bsky.socialExplore the American Revolution as the Lenape, or Delaware, actually lived it – as a long calculation about land, survival, and trust.
Hear the story in episode 450 of Ben Franklin’s World.
@bfworld.bsky.socialExplore the American Revolution as the Lenape, or Delaware, actually lived it – as a long calculation about land, survival, and trust.
Hear the story in episode 450 of Ben Franklin’s World.
@bfworld.bsky.social250 years ago, John Dickinson warned that declaring independence would be like "sending a skiff made of paper into the Atlantic."
He was right. The Declaration of Independence dissolved and reformed with every hand that touched it.
Discover more with Emily Sneff.
@bfworld.bsky.socialThe American Revolution expanded the practice of Indigenous enslavement.
Ep. 449 dives into the ways Native nations weighed neutrality, alliance, and survival during the Revolution.