Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world
AUTHOR:
Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
ISBN:
9781400075478
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Vintage Books, 2012
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xvi, 460 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-437) and index.
CONTENTS:
Civil war -- An unsettling peace -- A new world disorder -- The heart of empire -- A world in the wilderness -- Loyal Americas -- Islands in a storm -- False refuge -- Promised land -- Empires of liberty
ABSTRACT:
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.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| American loyalists -- History |
| Exiles -- United States -- History -- 18th century |
| Exiles -- United States -- History -- 19th century |
| Refugees -- United States -- History |
| Colonists -- United States -- History |
| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Refugees |
| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects |
| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence |
| Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century |
| Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.