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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.

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The Conversation: How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution — by Christopher Magra, Professor of American History, University of Tennessee

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