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Hatred is the key
by Graham Sclater
The initial American successes turned to a number of defeats resulting in English ships effectively blockading the American coastline and subjecting it to a series of hit and run raids and the capture of numerous ships. The majority of the crew captured from the American ships were transported to Plymouth in south west England to spend their time in the notorious Dartmoor depot, a prison constructed primarily to house 3,000 French. By the end of December 1814 the war was over but by then more than 10,000 American prisoners-of-war still remained incarcerated in what was the most evil of places. FROM THE REVIEWS: “Compulsive reading” “It felt like I was actually there” “A story waiting to be told” Graham Sclater’s scintillating new book Hatred Is the Key tells the aftermath of little-publicized War where 10,000+ Americans were held in a cold stone prison in England for years, even for 4 months AFTER the war was declared finished. They were tortured. US Navy men, boys, merchants, slaves and ex-slaves were all tortured, some 13-year-old boys dying immediately in the winter cold without food and overrun by bugs and disease. The Englishmen in charge suffered their own consequences in the War of 1812 and no one won any land in America or Canada. American Indians on Britain’s side lost the land promised to them and slaves killed in prison were finally free. This book could be the basis of award-winning essays and reports in Americans schools and may become the basis for a fine film in the future. tabithabooks.webs.com |
