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Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British crown were persecuted with loss of employment, eviction from their homes, heavy taxation, confiscation of property and imprisonment. Loyalist Americans from all walks of life were branded as traitors and enemies of the people. By the end of the war, 80,000 had fled their homeland to face a dismal exile from which few would return, outcasts of a new republic based on democratic values of liberty, equality and justice.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. George Washington
2. John Adams and Abigail Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson and John Randolph
4. Benjamin Franklin and William Franklin
5. The Collapse of the Colonial Government
6. Punishing Loyalists
7. First Families to First Exiles
8. John Jay, Peter Van Schaack, Gouverneur Morris and Alexander Hamilton of New York
9. Pennsylvania
10. Convinced by Love
11. Schools and Colleges
12. William Hooper and His Brothers
13. Loyalist Warriors
14. John Singleton Copley
15. Exiled to England
16. The Envy of the American States
17. Returning Home
18. Enemies of the American People?
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
