Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolutionary Privateers: The Untold War at Sea with Kylie Hulbert
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Kylie Hulbert
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Season 3
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Episode 21
Who were the privateers who helped win American independence--and what were their motives? We talk with Kylie Hulbert from Hampden-Sydney College about her book, The Untold War At Sea: America's Revolutionary Privateers. Some 52,000 men served on between 1500 and two thousand privateering voyages, sailing after British vessels in the Caribbean, off the coast of Brazil, and in European waters. How effective were the privateers? What motivated these men to sail? ho financed the voyages?