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A Bibliography of Loyalist Source Material in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Westport, CT, 1982. The Particular Case of the Georgia Loyalists: in Addition to the General Case and Claim of the American Loyalists, which was Lately Published by Order of Their Agents. February 1783. n.p., 1783. 16 pp. Google Books pdf
Some of the richest and most prominent Loyalists went to Britain. Southern Loyalists, many taking along their slaves, went to the West Indies and the Bahamas, particularly to the Abaco Islands. About 6,000 of the exiles went to London or other British locales. Many had been prominent in American society, but now felt like unwelcome strangers.
The British called these "provincial" regiments. Loyalist militia patrolled the streets of New York. Loyalist spies were extensively used to get information about Washington's dispositions. By the end of 1776, about eighteen hundred Loyalist soldiers had been recruited, most from Long Island, Staten Island, and Westchester County.
James De Lancey (1746–1804), of Westchester County, New York, led a Loyalist unit known as "De Lancey's Cowboys" and was known as the "Outlaw of the Bronx" Brigadier General Oliver De Lancey (1718–1785), commanded De Lancey's Brigade 1776 [16] Stephen De Lancey (1738–1809), Loyalist lawyer and political figure in New York state and Nova ...
In what would become the United States, many prominent Loyalists and their families played integral roles in the development of the Thirteen Colonies. In Canada many Loyalists were honored by the Crown for their loyalty and places were named after them largely while Canada was still a colony.
During the American Revolution, these persons became known primarily as Loyalists. Afterward, some 15% of Loyalists emigrated north to the remaining British territories in the Canadas. There they called themselves the United Empire Loyalists. 85% of the Loyalists decided to stay in the new United States and were granted American citizenship.
Canadian authorities believed that English loyalists and French Canadians could not co-exist. Governor Haldimand (at the suggestion of Carleton) brought Loyalists away from Quebec City and Montreal by offering free land on the northern shore of Lake Ontario to anyone who would swear allegiance to George III. The Loyalists were thus given land ...
Patriot recruiting was by then outstripping that of the Loyalists, and a major campaign (called the Snow Campaign due to unusually heavy snowfall) involving as many as 5,000 Patriots led by Colonel Richard Richardson succeeded in capturing or driving away most of the Loyalist leadership. Loyalists fled either to East Florida or