HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Land grants to post American Revolution soldiers often hard to farm
🤖 D.R.A.F.T. Summary
It was a common practice at one time for impoverished German states to rent out highly trained soldiers as a means of income. During the American Revolution, for example, the British hired roughly 30,000 German soldiers, or so-called Hessians, to fight on their side against the rebel army.
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