The Forgotten Fourteenth Colony of British North America

History Unplugged Podcast · Mar 4, 2021 · 44m

British West Florida—which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana—is the forgotten fourteenth colony of America's Revolutionary era. The area's eventful years as part of the British Empire form an overlooked but important interlude in our American history which is corrected with the publication of the new book "Fourteenth Colony" by today's guest Mike Bunn.

For a host of reasons, including that West Florida did not rebel against the British government, the…