Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Wallabout Prison Ships: 1776-1783
The crews of these Privateersmen were mostly healthy young men from the New England colonies, but food was scarce on land and consequently also on board of ships. The health of these men was soon undermined, after they became located in the prison ships.
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