Relieve Us of This Burthen

"Borick provides a well-researched account of this key moment in the military history of the American Revolution when patriot fortunes seemed at their lowest point."—Southern Historian

"A welcome addition to the history of South Carolina and of the American Revolution."—Journal of Military History

"A handsome volume that is both well researched and accessible to a general readership. . . . A Gallant Defense is an insightful fusion of military, political, and social history."—Charleston (S.C.) Mercury

"The reader discerns clear prose, research and interpretations that are solid, a few myths are dispelled, and details of technology, battle plans and maneuvers are found in no other single place."—Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier

"Borick's work is a most useful addition to the historiography of the Revolutionary War's southern campaigning. It was long overdue"—Journal of Southern History

"Carl P. Borick's Relieve Us of This Burthen fills a great gap in the history of the American Revolution. In this first book on the fate of American prisoners held by the British in the South Borick makes extensive use of primary sources to discuss subjects from the British prison ships in Charleston to the infamous execution of Isaac Hayne, and Borick tracks—all the way to Canada—some of the prisoners who had little choice but to enlist with the British. This book will be of great value to anyone interested in the American Revolution as it unfolded in the North or the South."—Philip Ranlet, author of The New York Loyalists and Enemies of the Bay Colony: Puritan Massachusetts and Its Foes