Lieutenant Moody Freeing a Prisoner in the Hands of the Americans
Robert Pollard British
aquatint by Francis Jukes British
Publisher Robert Pollard British
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Lieutenant James Moody was a British loyalist during the American Revolution. On May 10, 1780, he led a daring raid on the jail at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey and freed eight loyalist prisoners. At night, Moody arrived from Staten Island with six men and told the sheriff that they had captured another Tory. When the door remained barred, the troop distracted the sheriff with war whoops, Moody entered through a window, and freed the prisoners.
