Episode 13
E13: Todd Braisted: The Amazing Story of Trumpeter Barney, Freed Slave
Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution
May 6, 201927m 17s
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Show Notes
This week our guest is Todd Braisted. Braisted discusses his remarkable discovery of a slave who was emancipated by John Graves Simcoe, commander of the Loyalist regiment, Queen’s Rangers, who went on to distinguish himself in battle, and ended up as a free man with a pension in England. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.