Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 1043 Dandridge, Danske 1858 1914 Dandridge, Danske Bedinger American Prisoners of the Revolution Text file produced by Dave Maddock, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "American Prisoners of the Revolution" by Danske Dandridge is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work details the suffering of American prisoners during the Revolutionary War, focusing particularly on their experiences in British prisons, notably in New York. Dandridge aims to honor these forgotten heroes by documenting their trials, providing a compelling narrative of their hardship and resilience in the face of brutal treatment. At the start of the book, the author dedicates the work to her grandfather, setting a tone of reverence for the sacrifices made by Revolutionary War prisoners. The preface outlines her motivation to gather scattered information about these individuals and their experiences, emphasizing the scarcity of firsthand accounts and the importance of retelling their stories. She highlights the dreadful conditions faced by prisoners, including starvation and disease, as well as the authoritaritative cruelty inflicted by figures like Provost Marshal William Cunningham. The opening chapters offer glimpses into the harsh reality of imprisonment, introducing readers to specific cases of prisoners and their struggles, including descriptions of the inhumane treatment they endured and the desperate circumstances that led to their suffering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prisoners and prisons E201 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 993166 2025-06-04T03:37:41.083701 text/html 1011187 2021-02-26T00:17:43 text/html; charset=utf-8 330052 2021-02-26T00:17:47 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 430159 2025-06-04T03:37:57.011578 application/epub+zip 449002 2025-06-04T03:37:45.345671 application/epub+zip 427484 2025-06-04T03:37:43.696709 application/epub+zip 792219 2025-06-04T03:38:03.909560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 807579 2025-06-04T03:37:55.786636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 776727 2022-09-04T07:36:03.075578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 889924 2025-06-04T03:37:39.861722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 889751 2016-11-04T09:37:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 318586 2016-11-04T09:39:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 885348 2013-06-05T14:41:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 317883 2013-06-05T14:44:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 885339 2013-06-05T14:41:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317854 2013-06-05T14:44:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22220 2025-06-04T03:38:04.058586 application/rdf+xml 18310 2025-06-04T03:37:44.313664 image/jpeg 4056 2025-06-04T03:37:43.993636 image/jpeg 420987 2025-06-04T03:37:41.159699 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia