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Author Bragg, C. L., 1957- author.

Title Martyr of the American Revolution : the execution of Isaac Hayne, South Carolinian / C.L. Bragg.

Publication Info. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The British violate their terms and rule by edict -- A proud and haughty Scot takes command of Charleston -- A fierce and unrelenting soldier comes in from the field -- "I do not mean to desert the cause of America" -- The captor becomes the captive -- "The imminent and shocking doom of the most unfortunate Mr. Hayne" -- "We seriously lament the necessity of such a severe expedient" -- Rawdon's fantastic shipboard recollections -- "In South Carolina no one even knows where he is buried" -- A survey of the story of Isaac Hayne in art and literature.
Summary An examination of how a local incident ended in the execution of a prominent American by the British for treason.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Hayne, Isaac, 1745-1781.
Hayne, Isaac, 1745-1781.
Hayne, Isaac, 1745-1781 -- Death and burial.
American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783)
South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers.
United States.
Chronological Term 1775-1783
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Bragg, C.L., 1957- Martyr of the American Revolution. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2017 9781611177183 (DLC) 2016047768
ISBN 9781611177190 (electronic book)
1611177197 (electronic book)
9781611177183 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1611177189 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)