| When | Monday, December 4, 2023, 6:30 – 8 PM EST |
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| Sponsor | Smithsonian Associates |
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| Event Location | This online program is presented on Zoom. |
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| Online Link | smithsonianassociates.org… |
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| Cost | Click here to view prices |
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| Get Tickets/Register | smithsonianassociates.org… |
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| Categories | After Five, Webcasts & Online |
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| Details | During the American Revolution, the British military took almost as many men prisoner at sea as they did on the battlefield. Most of those captured by Royal Navy were privateers—raiding crews licensed by the Continental Congress to torment British shipping and besiege Britain itself. Historian Richard Bell examines the untold history of America’s privateers and their lives both at sea and then behind bars, using their surviving diaries and journals to illuminate their ordeal. |
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