Revolutionary Refugees
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Ep. 08 – Who “Won” the American Revolution
The episode examines the postwar choices facing Patriot refugees, Loyalists, enslaved people, and Indigenous communities along Long Island Sound. Continue reading
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Ep. 07 – From Refugees to Patriots
In November 1780, eighty men rowed out of a Connecticut cove before dawn, their oars wrapped in cloth to keep silent. Many of them had crossed Long Island Sound once before—not as soldiers, but as refugees fleeing British occupation. Now… Continue reading
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Ep. 06 – Women Who Carried the Story
In 1776, as British forces took control of Long Island, thousands of civilians faced an impossible decision: stay, or leave everything behind. Many of those decisions were made not by soldiers or statesmen—but by women. In this episode of Northeast… Continue reading
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Ep. 05 – Invisible Crossings: Native Peoples and the Long Island Invasion
The British invasion of Long Island in 1776 didn’t land on empty ground. This new episode of Revolutionary Refugees follows Native families on Long Island and along the Connecticut coast as war turns their homelands into a military zone, their… Continue reading
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Ep. 04 – Enslaved People in the Long Island Crisis
In 1776, as British troops occupied Long Island, hundreds of families fled across Long Island Sound to Connecticut in the dead of night. We remember them as “refugees” – but what happened to the people they enslaved? Welcome to Episode… Continue reading
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Ep. 03 – The Town That Suddenly Grew
New London, Connecticut didn’t just witness the American Revolution—it absorbed it. In the fall of 1776, boats began crossing Long Island Sound, carrying families fleeing British occupation. Within months, this thriving port town was transformed by an influx of refugees… Continue reading
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Ep. 02 – Crossing in the Dark
On a cold night in 1776, a small boat slipped quietly off the north shore of Long Island. No lanterns. No goodbyes. Just the sound of oars in black water—and a family leaving everything behind. Episode 2 of Revolutionary Refugees… Continue reading
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Ep. 01 – The Night Long Island Families Vanished
In the late 1700s, Sag Harbor wasn’t just a busy whaling port—it was an escape route. Families crowded the docks with whatever they could carry, fleeing uncertainty across Long Island Sound to Connecticut. In Episode 1 of Northeast Cold Case,… Continue reading
