Question
While working for the Culper Ring, Elizabeth Burgin helped save hundreds of people from these places because women were the only people able to visit them. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these places that the British hulked near New York City. A Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park honors more than 11,000 Americans who died in these places during the Revolutionary War.
ANSWER: prison ships [prompt on prisons by asking “in what structures?”; prompt on ships by asking “serving what purpose?”]
[10e] The most notorious British prison ship was named for this island, which names the modern-day state where the Battle of Monmouth occurred.
ANSWER: Jersey [accept HMS Jersey; accept New Jersey]
[10h] One prisoner who survived the HMS Jersey was this man, who advocated for civil rights in his Letters from a Man of Colour. This Black businessman helped fund William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper The Liberator.
ANSWER: James Forten
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 14 | 11.43 | 79% | 36% | 0% |
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| Indiana | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia State | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LSE | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| UCF | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
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| North Carolina A | Waterloo A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |