Send a comment on this item to LII:
Send a comment on this item to LII staff, who on weekdays will usually reply within 24 hours.
The Wretched Prison Ships
Article about how "more Americans died in British prison ships in New York Harbor than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War." Describes conditions on "these floating prisons anchored in Wallabout Bay on the East River for most of the war, and [how] they were sinkholes of filth, vermin, infectious disease and despair." From Newsday.
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs425a,0,6698945.story
Asterisk
*
indicates required field.
Your Name
Your Email Address
*
We will not sell or provide your email address to anyone else.
Comment
*
Enter the verification code as it is shown in the box below. This helps prevent automated submissions.
*
