Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration
By W. Stewart Wallace · Running time 3:19:21 · *Non-fiction, History, Early Modern
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Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the Crown of England during and after the American Revolution. While the vast majority of American writings which detail the Revolution paint the Loyalists (sometimes called Tories) in the most negative fashion, this volume explains the reasons behind their election to flee to Canada (and other countries) rather than remain on American soil. While no exact numbers exist of Loyalists who fled to Canada in 1783-1784, the estimates of John Adams and others of the
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