Dartmoor Prison
Dartmoor Prison English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire, built (1806-9) to house French captives during the Napoleonic Wars. During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there. Between 1812 and 1816 about 1,500 American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened in 1850 as a civilian prison for convicts sentenced to long terms of imprisonment or to hard labor.
Bibliography: See A. J. Rhodes, ed., Dartmoor Prison; A Record of 126 Years of Prisoner of War and Convict Life, 1806-1932 (1933); T. Tullett, Inside Dartmoor (1966).
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Dartmoor prison is founded: March 20th, 1806.(March Anniversaries)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
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British Poetry and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Visions of Conflict.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Wordsworth Circle; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...British Poetry and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Visions of Conflict (Oxford Univ...of Romantic Period Writers and the Napoleonic Wars (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) viii...British Poetry and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Bainbridge also cites Betty Bennett...
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Dartmoor prison inmates stage rooftop protest
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 3/26/2008; 527 words
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Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.(Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social and Military History)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 8/1/2007; 558 words
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Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 8/1/2007; 515 words
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The Napoleon Options: Alternate Decisions of the Napoleonic Wars.(Review)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Options: Alternate Decisions of the Napoleonic Wars. Edited by Jonathan North. London...North's book on key battles in the Napoleonic Wars. North has assembled a talented group...associated with a key encounter during the Napoleonic Wars. Charles Grant's chapter on Bonaparte...
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Are you a Dartmoor descendant? ; May 24, 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of Dartmoor Prison.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 10/21/2008; 587 words
; ...200th anniversary of the opening of Dartmoor Prison. The first inmates were 2,500 French...more cost- effective. This is how Dartmoor Prison came to be built. Not all prisoners...hear from you. When the 200 years of Dartmoor Prison's history are commemorated next...
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DARTMOOR PRISON STAND-OFF ENDS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 3/23/2004; 228 words
; United Press International 03-23-2004 Dartmoor prison stand-off ends DEVON, England, Mar 23, 2004 (United...hostage by other inmates ended peacefully Tuesday at the Dartmoor prison in Devon, England. "We can confirm that the incident...
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Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Military Review; 7/1/2005; ; 657 words
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TRADITION dating back to the Napoleonic Wars.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 6/2/2006; 397 words
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Dartmoor Prison
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dartmoor Prison English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire...walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened in 1850 as a civilian prison...Bibliography: See A. J. Rhodes, ed., Dartmoor Prison; A Record of 126 Years of Prisoner...
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