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American Revolution Podcast

ARP286 Sumter's Law

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

General Thomas Sumter struggles to rebuild an army that can defeat the British in South Carolina and Georgia. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Slavery and Freedom in the American Revolution, by Ira Berlin (ed). Online Recommendation of the Week: Life of Maj. Gen. Henry Lee & Life of Gen. Thomas Sumter, by Cecil Harltey: https://archive.org/details/lifeofmajgenhenr00hart Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy  ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.

0:05.0

Your life is full of times like this.

0:08.0

The gaps between the good stuff, like killing time and waiting rooms.

0:12.0

It's not long until you've had enough.

0:13.7

Listeners, it's time for some Tom Bola. Vibing on your tea break.

0:18.8

Boca for fun.

0:20.6

Chilling with a sponge cake.

0:23.0

Mmm, get in, just one 53 pounds.

0:28.0

Just a bit of bingo.

0:30.0

Tom Bola!

0:31.0

Open for fun.

0:32.0

Terms apply, 18 plus.

0:33.0

Please play safely. Hello, and thank you for joining the American Revolution.

0:49.1

This week, episode 286, Sumter's Law. Last week we covered a number of battles and skirmishes throughout South Carolina in early 1781.

0:59.0

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse had left the British Army under General Cornwallis decimated.

1:05.1

He retreated to Hillsborough and then to Wilmington in North Carolina to claim British control

1:10.8

of that colony, but he really just needed to recuperate and

1:14.2

regroup. General Green moved his continentals into South Carolina where he

1:19.0

attacked several British outposts, forcing the British to abandon Camden and withdraw the bulk of their

1:25.2

forces in the state back to the area around Charleston. Green made great use of Colonel

1:31.2

Francis Swamp Fox Marion during this time, as well as Light Horse

1:36.2

Harry Lee and William Washington.

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