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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.
Record details
ISBN:1400041686
ISBN:9781400041688
Physical Description:pages ; cm. print
Publisher:New York :Alfred A. Knopf,2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: The spirit of 1783 -- pt. 1. Refugees -- Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- pt. 2. Settlers -- The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americas -- pt. 3. Subjects -- Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty -- Conclusion: Winners and losers -- Appendix: Measuring the exodus.
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