Deborah Sampson: Female Soldier of the Revolution

Deborah Sampson: Female Soldier of the Revolution - US 101

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Not all of the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War were men.
This week, we look at Deborah Sampson, the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental army. We'll learn about her upbringing, why she decided to join the military, the war wound she received and how she fixed it herself, how she was found out, and how she received a full military pension from the government.
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@nonamegiven202 6 жыл бұрын

So where's her movie Disney?!

@yeet8007 6 жыл бұрын

no name given exactly!!!

@piperkay2080 6 жыл бұрын

That would be a sick Disney movie!

@madalynstrawn1872 6 жыл бұрын

Disney would never do so thing that cool

@neki9735 5 жыл бұрын

mUlan

@bokvarv1926 4 жыл бұрын

disney would rather make a historical movie of the all female special forces unit that never existed during the revolutionary war, for the sake of inclusion this story would not give them the "replace history with socio politicss" aspect, and that is more important than anything else. that is why

@juliejackson3257 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you for sharing!!

@SmokyMtFaithFoodFun 3 жыл бұрын

Proud descendent of this brave lady!!

@lily_kay 2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool!

@potatotomato2360 6 жыл бұрын

When I was in 4th grade I read a book on her and forgot her name............... Found her

@Meggsie 3 жыл бұрын

She's not the American version of Mulan. She's the genuine article and Mulan is an idealistic fantasy. The original ballad goes on quite a bit about Mulan's sexual purity and her submitting to her cultural expectations after her adventure. Deborah continued to expect egalitarian respect from people, which inspired people to look beyond their own sensibilities. She earned her stripes and got to keep wearing them.

@a.lproductions4086 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do a video on the battle of Mogadishu

@ronnwaters5076 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to language, can't show in class.

@PierreaSweedieCat 6 жыл бұрын

Another Joan of Arc? And, well, you'd have to stub an entire foot, you're braver than that! Then there was that girl, who went out riding, like Paul Revere did, but warned farmers at night, out in the country... (Sadly I cannot recall her name.)

@piperkay2080 6 жыл бұрын

P.M. Laberge isn’t it Sybil Ludington?

@PierreaSweedieCat 6 жыл бұрын

I am not sure.... Sounds familiar!

@DTavona 5 жыл бұрын

Piper Kay, you got it right. From wikipedia Sybil Ludington (April 5, 1761 - February 26, 1839), of Putnam County, New York, is celebrated as a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. On the night of April 26, 1777, at the age of 16, she reportedly rode to alert militia forces in villages of Putnam County, New York and Danbury, Connecticut, to the approach of the British regular forces. The ride was similar to those performed by William Dawes and Paul Revere (Massachusetts, April 1775), and Jack Jouett (Virginia, 1781). Ludington reportedly rode more than twice the distance attributed to Revere and was much younger than the men.