# Captain Asgill — The American Crisis character guide

> Captain Asgill in The American Crisis by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Asgill, young Asgill

**First appearance:** 0018-the-crisis-xiii-thoughts-on-the-peace-and-probable-advantages-thereof

## Who they are

British prisoner of war whose life was spared by Congress.

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