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from johns hopkins in 2014, went on to hold post doctoral fellowships at the new york historical society. since 2015 he has been assistant professor of history at purdueuniversity. captives of liberty is an important and thought provoking book that examines how the founding generation of americans grappled with the problems of prisoner treatment. we during the eight year conflict, american forces captured more than 17,000 british and allied german soldiers as well as thousands more loyalists and british mariners. in fact, the number of enemy prisoners in american custody often exceeded that of the american soldiers in the continental army. these prisoners proved increasingly burdensome for the nation as the war progressed. what was to become of these men? how would they be confined? we who would pay to house and feed them? when and how should they be released? a series of thorny political issues compounded these logistical difficulties. in his top this evening, professor jones will take us from the meeting rooms of the continental congress to the prison camps of virginia and maryland and pennsylvania. revealing the factors that coalesced to transform