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Author Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-

Title Liberty's exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world / Maya Jasanoff.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.3 JASANOFF    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  973.3 JAS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.3 JASANOFF    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.3 JAS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.3 JAS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.3 JASANOFF    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.3 JASANOFF    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.3 J31    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  973.3 JASANOFF    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.3 JAS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-437) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
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.
ISBN 9781400041688 hardcover
1400041686 hardcover
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