Traitors | Treason of the Blackest Dye | 1

American History Tellers

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Early in the Revolutionary War, Major General Benedict Arnold built a reputation as a courageous commander. He was a favorite of George Washington’s. But he also revealed a fragile ego and a penchant for holding grudges. As the war went on, Arnold’s temper, ambition, and greed would turn him from hero to villain.

In this four-part series, American History Tellers explores the stories of America’s most infamous traitors -- the men and women who were charged, rightly or wrongly, with betraying their country. All of them paid a high price for their crimes. And all of them changed the course of our nation’s history -- starting with the man whose name is now synonymous with treason: Benedict Arnold.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.6	Imagine it's the evening of September 22nd, 1777.
0:21.8	You're a general in the Continental Army.
0:25.4	You squint in the dim candlelight inside your tent as you jam in maps and paddle plans.
0:31.1	You're near the hamlet of Saratoga in New York, trying to stop the British from seizing control
0:36.5	of the Hudson Valley.
0:38.2	It's a strategically vital region, and the future of the American cause depends on you holding
0:43.2	it.
0:44.2	Oh, there you are.
0:45.8	I must speak to you.
0:47.6	You look up from your desk to see major general Benedict Arnold barging into your tent.
0:52.8	He's one of your second in command, though his ego is so big he seems to think he's
0:57.0	in charge of the entire Continental Army.
0:59.6	I think you mean, sir, general, I must speak with you.
1:03.7	You see Arnold roll his eyes and steal yourself for what is sure to be yet another argument.
1:08.7	What is it this time, Arnold?
1:10.3	The report you sent to Congress about the Battle of Freeman's Farm.
1:13.5	Yes, and what of it?
1:14.9	I heard you fail to mention my part in leading the action.
1:17.8	That wasn't relevant.
1:19.6	If it were bad enough that you weaken my left wing by taking my best soldiers from me,
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