Summer Reboot - The Pig War of 1859
About this episode
This episode revisits the bloodless Pig War of 1859, a border dispute between Britain and the United States triggered by the shooting of a pig.
Even though Season 11 has officially ended we still have a few summer gems for you listeners. For this episode of our Summer Reboot series we go back to the 1850s and look at the Pig War of 1859 in an episode we did back in Season 4. The Pig War was a bloodless border dispute between Britain and the United States on the San Juan Islands. Triggered when an American settler shot a British-owned pig, both nations deployed troops. Diplomacy prevailed, and international arbitration in 1872 awarded the islands to the United States. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: David Borys
Topics covered
- border dispute
- diplomacy
- 19th century history
- American history
- British history
- international arbitration
Keywords
- Pig War
- 1859
- border dispute
- San Juan Islands
- diplomacy
- international arbitration
- American settler
- British-owned pig
Mentioned in this episode
Places: San Juan Islands, Britain, United States
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