{"product_id":"the-hated-cage-an-american-tragedy-in-britains-most-terrifying-prison","title":"The Hated Cage: An American Tragedy in Britain's Most Terrifying Prison by Guyatt, Nicholas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading historian reveals the never-before-told story of a doomed British prison and the massacre of its American prisoners of war\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the War of 1812, more than five thousand American sailors were marooned in Dartmoor Prison on a barren English plain; the conflict was over but they had been left to rot by their government. Although they shared a common nationality, the men were divided by race: nearly a thousand were Black, and at the behest of the white prisoners, Dartmoor became the first racially segregated prison in US history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hated Cage\u003c\/i\u003e documents the extraordinary but separate communities these men built within the prison--and the terrible massacre of nine Americans by prison guards that destroyed these worlds. As white people in the United States debated whether they could live alongside African Americans in freedom, could Dartmoor's Black and white Americans band together in captivity? Drawing on extensive new material, \u003ci\u003eThe Hated Cage \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping account of this forgotten history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Guyatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541645660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2022 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Guyatt\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of American history at the University of Cambridge and the author of five previous books, including \u003ci\u003eBind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506040410265,"sku":"9781541645660","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_2af95c9a-2291-4942-a6cc-06ce11d0213d.jpg?v=1724517586","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-hated-cage-an-american-tragedy-in-britains-most-terrifying-prison","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}