Henry Laurens served as a President of the Continental Congress. On a mission to France, the British took him prisoner and incarcerated him in the Tower of London. After a brutal captivity he gained his freedom through a prisoner exchange.
Henry Laurens served as a President of the Continental Congress. On a mission to France, the British took him prisoner and incarcerated him in the Tower of London. After a brutal captivity he gained his freedom through a prisoner exchange.