Published Jan 31, 2018
11: Southern Discomfort: Savannah & Charleston Captured, Slavery, Massacres, & 1779’s Sundries
Explore the tumultuous dynamics of Franco-American alliances and their impact on civilians during the Revolutionary War, as Greg Jackson delves into the British Southern Strategy with its bloody assaults on Savannah and Charleston, revealing the complex roles enslaved Africans played amid promises of freedom.
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