<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1bcb202/2147483647/strip/false/crop/976x544+0+0/resize/792x441!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwltr%2Ffiles%2F202011%2Fthe-attack-on-fort-moultrie-sullivans-island-south-carolina-on-june-28-1776-392b18.jpg" alt="&quot;The attack on Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, on June 28, 1776.&quot; Charleston eventually fell to the British, oin May of 1780."><figcaption>(N.Y. Public Library (public domain); Artist: Chapin, John Reuben (1823-1894))</figcaption></figure>In the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces, British soldiers arrested sixty-three paroled American prisoners and transported them to the borderland town of St. Augustine, East Florida—territory under British control since the French and Indian War.In their new book, <a href="https://uscpress.com/Patriots-in-Exile">Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during The American Revolution</a>&nbsp;(2020, USC Press), James Waring McCrady and C. L. Bragg chronicle the banishment of these elite southerners, the hardships endured by their families, and the plight of the enslaved men and women who accompanied them, as well as the motives of their British captors.News and Music Stations: Fri, Nov 20, 12 pm; Sat, Nov 21, 7 am News &amp; Talk Stations: Fri, Nov 20, 12 pm; Sun, Nov 22, 4 pm

Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Professor at USC

From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.