Tories

by Allen, Thomas B.

• ISBN13: 9780061241819
• ISBN10: 0061241814
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-22
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

A Sweeping, Dramatic History of the Americans Who Chose to Side with the British in the Revolution The American Revolution was not simply a battle between independence-minded colonists and the oppressive British. As Thomas B. Allen reminds us, it was also a savage and often deeply personal civil war, in which conflicting visions of America pitted neighbor against neighbor and Patriot against Tory on the battlefield, the village green, and even in church. In this outstanding and vital history, Allen tells the complete story of these other Americans, tracing their lives and experiences throughout the revolutionary period. New York City and Philadelphia were Tory strongholds through much of the war, and at times in the Carolinas and Georgia there were more trained and armed Tories than Redcoats. The Revolution also produced one of the greatest-and least known-migrations in Western history. More than 80,000 Tories left America, most of them relocating to Canada. John Adams once said that he feared there would never be a good history of the American Revolution because so many documents had left the country with the Tories. Based on documents in archives from Nova Scotia to London, Tories adds a fresh perspective to our knowledge of the Revolution and sheds an important new light on the little-known figures whose lives were forever changed when they remained faithful to their mother country.

Author Biography

Thomas B. Allen is the author of numerous history books, including George Washington, Spy-master and Remember Valley Forge. A frequent contributor to Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Military History Quarterly, Military History, Naval History, the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine, and other publications, he lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Preface: "Little Less Than Savage Fury"	p. xiii
Two Flags over Plymouth	p. 1
Arming the Tories	p. 19
Flee or Fight	p. 39
"To Subdue the Bad"	p. 54
The War for Boston	p. 75
Into the Fourteenth Colony	p. 93
The Farewell Fleet	p. 110
Beating the Southern Drums	p. 133
"Broadswords and King George!"	p. 141
War in the Loyal Province	p. 157
Terror on the Neutral Ground	p. 184
"Indians Must Be Employed"	p. 209
Treason Along the Chesapeake	p. 235
Vengeance in the Valleys	p. 252
Seeking Southern Friends	p. 276
Despair Before the Dawn	p. 291
Bloody Days of Reckoning	p. 298
And They Began the World Anew	p. 323
Acknowledgments	p. 335
Notes	p. 339
Bibliography	p. 415
Index	p. 445
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