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Scope of Project ===A list of participants (on both sides) is included in the linked document: Military leadership in the American Revolutionary War * Loyalist on Wikipedia Most of us think of the American Revolution just concentrated on what became the continental U.S., but the Caribbean-West Indies plays a major part! At the end of the war, quite a few Blacks who fought with the British were ...
American Revolution: United Empire Loyalists (UEL), Mercenary Troops, their Families and Descendants This project's goal is to list the United Empire Loyalists, their families and descendants. Along with the U.E.L.'s, fighting for the British side, were Mercenary Troops, this project also includes these men and their families (and descendants). The American Revolution was a political up...
A few Loyalists left the British colonies during the American Revolution then tens of thousands were deported after peace was concluded after the American Revolution (1783) Most did not remain in the locales to which they were sent. Histories are available detailing the numbers moved and how they swelled the temporary boom towns such as Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Populations of such regions plung...
"The name United Empire Loyalists is an honorific given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris." (Wikipedia) United Empire Loyalists May we always remember that these brave men and women, were L...