Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world /
At the end of the American Revolution, 60,000 Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India and beyond.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2011.
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| Summary: | At the end of the American Revolution, 60,000 Americans loyal to the British cause fled the United States and became refugees throughout the British Empire. This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India and beyond. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-437) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400041688 (hbk.) 1400041686 (hbk.) |