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Ben Franklin's world is a production of the

Omaha Institute and is sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. and welcome to episode 340 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our early

American past have shaped the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

The War of 1812 is really an underknown conflict

in United States history.

It's not a war like the American Revolution

or the American Civil War that many Americans think about or dwell upon.

In fact, it's also not a war where Americans can claim that they won.

If anything, the War of 1812 ended in a stalemate.

Nicholas Guy, a professor of North American The War of 1812 ended in a stalemate.

Nicholas Guy, a professor of North American history at the University of Cambridge,

joins us to investigate the War of 1812

and the experiences of American prisoners of war.

Specifically, Nickley's details from his book, The hated Cage,

an American tragedy in Britain's most terrifying prison.

To take us inside Great Britain's Dartmoor prison

and the experiences of the American sailors who

were held there.

Now during our exploration of Dartmouth more prison, Nick reveals a brief history of the War

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