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Our Suffering Brethren: Foreign Captivity and Nationalism in the Early United States

by David J. Dzurec
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781625344069
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Massachusetts Press
  • Publication Date: N/A
  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: GBP 85.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 499 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): United States / General and Military / General

In October 1785, American statesman John Jay acknowledged that the more his countrymen "are treated ill abroad, the more we shall unite and consolidate at home." Behind this simple statement lies a complicated history. From the British impressment of patriots during the Revolution to the capture of American sailors by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates at the dawn of the nineteenth century, stories of Americans imprisoned abroad helped jumpstart democratic debate as citizens acted on their newly unified identity to demand that their government strengthen efforts to free their fellow Americans. Deliberations about the country's vulnerabilities in the Atlantic world reveal America's commitment to protecting the legacy of the Revolution as well as growing political divisions.

Drawing on newspaper accounts, prisoner narratives, and government records, David J. Dzurec III explores how stories of American captivity in North America, Europe, and Africa played a critical role in the development of American political culture, adding a new layer to our understanding of foreign relations and domestic politics in the early American republic.

DAVID J. DZUREC III is associate professor of history at the University of Scranton.

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