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OTD in 1781, Benedict Arnold—unhappy with slow promotion and burdened by debt—met with the British to discuss surrendering the fort of West Point. The plot was uncovered, and Arnold fled to the British side. He died in London in 1801, his name an enduring synonym for treason. https://t.co/alN1VC2Cv3 — PolitiTweet.org