11: Southern Discomfort: Savannah & Charleston Captured, Slavery, Massacres, & 1779’s Sundries

History That Doesn't Suck

ProfGregJackson

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🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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“I reject your proposals … and shall defend myself to the last extremity.” This is the story of the Revolution's new hot spot: the South. Down here, British leaders hope to score some quick victories with the help of enslaved Americans and Loyalists. This new "Southern Strategy" enjoys a strong start. It will cause the greatest losses of the whole war for the Americans. But other important events are happening all over the globe in 1779, too. The Continental dollar's inflation is getting out of hand. Spain is entering the war. Battles are being fought all over the globe. Massacres of all sorts are happening. But we'll keep the focus on the South ... and on that guy whose body gets flung against the steeple of a church. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to History in the Doesn't Suck.
0:13.6	I'm your professor, Greg Jackson, and I'd like to tell you a story.
0:19.2	Quimino dolly creeps along the thin, muddy footpathic cuts through the swamp.
0:24.6	His worn-out shoes, or maybe just bare feet, sink and inch or so into the watery earth
0:28.8	with every step.
0:31.5	The cold mud uncomfortably oozes between his toes, but this path is the only way to traverse
0:37.4	the swamp, and only the locals, like him, know about it.
0:42.9	In fact, from outside the swamp, you can't even see this path.
0:47.9	Thick trees likely swamped topello or cypress covered in Spanish moss and close it, which
0:54.7	means you can use this path across the swamp in secret.
0:59.1	And that's exactly why Quimino is leading 588 of the King's soldiers on this path.
1:05.6	Their movement is completely unknown to the Patriots, who will soon be the victims of
1:09.6	their surprise attack.
1:12.2	Let's zoom out a click and give you a bigger picture.
1:14.7	It's the afternoon of December 29, 1778, and we're just outside Savannah, Georgia.
1:22.1	The man leading the King's soldiers through the swamp, Quimino, is a slave.
1:27.0	In the north, many enslaved Americans are gaining their freedom by fighting for the Patriot
1:31.6	cause, but in the south, it often goes the other way around.
1:36.6	It's the British who are more likely to offer freedom.
1:40.1	We have very few personal details about Quimino.
1:42.8	In fact, all I can tell you is his name.
1:46.1	He's black and he's enslaved.
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