Bibliograph

The hated cage, an American tragedy in Britain's most terrifying prison, Nicholas Guyatt

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The hated cage, an American tragedy in Britain's most terrifying prison, Nicholas Guyatt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-402) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hated cage

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1262964767

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Guyatt

Sub title

an American tragedy in Britain's most terrifying prison

Summary

After the War of 1812, more than five thousand American sailors were marooned in Dartmoor Prison on a barren English plain; the conflict was over but they had been left to rot by their government. Although they shared a common nationality, the men were divided by race: nearly a thousand were Black, and at the behest of the white prisoners, Dartmoor became the first racially segregated prison in US history. The Hated Cage documents the extraordinary but separate communities these men built within the prison<U+2014>and the terrible massacre of nine Americans by prison guards that destroyed these worlds

Table Of Contents

Part I. King Dick at Vienna. A Seafaring Life ; Getting Clear ; Spare the Vanquished ; Among the Romans -- Part II. King Dick at Bordeaux. The Unhallowed Pursuit ; Mister Beastly ; Extreme Necessity ; A World in Miniature -- Part III. King Dick at Dartmoor. Prison Four ; Hope Deferred ; The Dead House ; Going Home -- Part IV. King Dick at Boston. Remembering and Forgetting ; The Two Massacres

Target audience

adult

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