Spying in the american revolution: What is a deserter?

Deserters taken in arms with the enemy were most often sentenced to death. In 1780 George Washington pardoned a number of his deserters who had joined the NJ Volunteers and other Loyalist units. These men had been taken prisoner by his army afterwards and sentenced to death.

"the importance of the japanese economy and security is far greater than that of the asian values"

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.