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Dartmoor Prison Massacre Details Emerge In 18th Century Dispatch
Letters to the Commercial Advertiser recount the Dartmoor massacre on April 6 where Captain Shortland ordered soldiers to fire on prisoners. Prisoners claim many were already wounded when evacuated, with further killings as guards fired from walls and into cells. The document includes depositions alleging premeditation and harsh restraint over bread rations.
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England
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Columbia
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Commercial Advertiser
New York
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