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ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Patriots or Terrorists, by Edwin G. Burrows
Guiding Questions
Were POWs during the Revolutionary War treated with consideration like POWs of other wars?
Is the fictionalized treatment of POWs during the Revolutionary War an accurate portrayal?
POWs Held On The HMS Jersey Prison Ship
Teacher-to-Teacher
During Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Chains, one of the characters is taken to a POW camp in New York City. Students question whether his experience is unique to the novel and fictionalized or whether it is true to history. The following documents show the validity of Anderson’s story.
- Patriots or Terrorists? (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5) articles_ah
- HMS Jersey Prison Ship historical_images
- Interior of the HMS Jersey Prison Ship historical_images
- An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt historical_documents
- "The British Prison Ship" historical_documents
- Rhinelander's sugar house & residence historical_images