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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Loyal Britons | |
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| Imperial Crisis | |
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| Loyal Colonies | |
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| Loyalist Convictions and Proposals | |
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| Loyalist Potential | |
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| Loyalist Women | |
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| Slaves | |
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| Indian Allies | |
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| The Peace Treaty and Its Aftermath | |
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| Refugees in the Maritimes | |
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| Loyalist Predicament | |
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| Defining Loyalists and Patriots | |
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| Confronting Rage (1774) | |
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| Forced into Exile (1775) | |
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| Guilty until Proven Innocent (1776) | |
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| An Affair among Citizens (1776) | |
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| Early Loyalist Voices | |
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| Denouncing the Unnatural Rebellion (1775) | |
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| Inflamed Rebels and Scattered Friends (1775) | |
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| Hunting of the Tories (1775) | |
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| Loyalists Left Unprotected (1775) | |
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| Requesting Imperial Intervention (1775) | |
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| Criticizing Common Sense (1776) | |
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| Rejecting Violence (1776) | |
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| Plans for Union | |
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| Albany Plan of Union (1754) | |
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| William Smith Jr. Plan (1767) | |
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| Joseph Galloway Plan of 1774 | |
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| John Randolph Plan of 1780 | |
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| Jonathan Sewell's Plan (1785) | |
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| Loyalist Resilience | |
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| Loyalist Persuasions (1776 and 1777) | |
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| Expressing Optimism (1778) | |
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| Confronting Confiscation Laws (1779) | |
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| Documenting Rebel Weakness (1780) | |
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| Pledging Declaration of Dependence (1781) | |
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| Loyalist Military Involvement | |
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| Preaching to Loyalist Soldiers (1777) | |
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| Volunteering Military Assistance (1780) | |
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| Organizing Loyalist Militia (1781) | |
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| Recruiting Loyalist Regiments (1781) | |
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| Loyalist Military Decisions (1783) | |
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| Loyalist Women | |
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| A Sister's Lament (1770) | |
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| Living with the British (1777) | |
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| Facing British Evacuation (1778) | |
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| Stricken Smitten of God (1778) | |
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| Mourning Loyalist Execution (1778) | |
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| A Mother's Advice (1779) | |
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| Unhappy Widow Seeking Relief (1779) | |
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| Receiving Allowance from British (1783) | |
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| Seeking Compensation for Slave Property (1786) | |
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| Slaves | |
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| Escaping to the British (1775) | |
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| Competition among the King's Subjects (1779) | |
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| Envisioning God with Empire (1781) | |
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| Negotiating Slave Return (1783) | |
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| Evading Re-enslavement (1783) | |
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| Retrieving Stolen Children (1783) | |
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| Black Petitions (1784) | |
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| Book of Negroes (1783) | |
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| Indian Allies | |
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| Relations with Indians (1774) | |
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| British Recruiting Northern Indians (1775) | |
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| British Recruiting Southern Indians (1776) | |
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| Vying for Indian Support (1778) | |
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| Hessian View of Indians (1777) | |
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| Accusing Savages of Scalping Europeans (1777) | |
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| Mohawks Side with the British (1778) | |
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| Mohawks Seek Assistance in Canada (1786) | |
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| Indians as Beasts of Prey (1783) | |
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| Loyalist Losses | |
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| Loyalists in the Peace Treaty (1783) | |
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| Despair and Distraction (1782) | |
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| Dreadful Tidings (1782) | |
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| Unwavering Devotion (1782) | |
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| Irrecoverable Debts (1783) | |
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| Rebel Retaliation (1783) | |
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| Damages in Property and Slaves (1783) | |
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| Forsaking Britain (1781) | |
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| Seeking Refuge in Britain (1783) | |
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| Loyalist Exiles | |
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| British Nova Scotia (1783) | |
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| Loyalist Nova Scotia (1784) | |
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| Predicting the Collapse of the United States (1785) | |
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| Celebrating Loyalist Heritage (1884) | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |