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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Relieve Us of This Burthen Subtitle: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782 Author: Carl P. Borick Narrator: Wayne Hughes Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins Language: English Release date: 06-14-17 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Relieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British in the South during the American Revolution. Carl P. Borick focuses his study on the period 1780-82, when British forces most actively campaigned in the South. He gives a detailed examination of the various hardships of imprisonment and efforts to assist and exchange prisoners while also chronicling events and military policies that affected prisoners during and after captivity. As have prisoners of any war, captives in the Revolution suffered both