(Janet Uhlar’s interview with Arun Rath on Boston GBH’s ‘All Things Considered’) Below is the link to an interview regarding newly published, documented information which answers the question of Dr. Joseph Warren’s great enigma to remain safely in Boston when most Patriot leaders fled. In the interview Warren’s unique ability and crucial role in igniting the American Revolution is finally explained. This interview with Arun Rath, host of Boston …
In 1768, 1,200 British troops occupied Boston to quell the protests of the townspeople against arbitrary taxation – a standing army in time of peace was contrary to the accepted rights of Englishmen. The soldiers, seeking extra money to supplement their army pay by moonlighting, competed with the townsmen for jobs. (They also competed for the attention of Boston’s maidens.) Tension was in the air. Townspeople suffered abuse at …