Episode 152: Liss & the Culper Spy Ring (1776-1781)

Author Claire Bellerjeau joined me last Fall to talk about her and Tiffany Yecke Brooks's book Remember Liss.  Their story follows a young Black woman who was enslaved by the Townsend Family of Oyster Bay, Long Island during the Revolutionary War.  There is evidence that Liss took part in spying for the Culper Spy Ring, and this was acknowledged, in part, with a character in the 2014 TV drama Turn: Washington's Spies.