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Loyalist (American Revolution)
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Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies of British America who remained loyal to the British crown. Historians have estimated that between 15% and 33% of the population of the colonies were
Copy of Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783 by Benjamin West, depicting Britannia taking in exiled Loyalists
Copy of Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783 by Benjamin West, depicting Britannia taking in exiled Loyalists
William Franklin
William Franklin
A jury finding from Kentucky County, Virginia, in July 1780, confiscating lands of two men adjudged to be British subjects. Daniel Boone was listed as
A jury finding from Kentucky County, Virginia, in July 1780, confiscating lands of two men adjudged to be British subjects. Daniel Boone was listed as a member of the jury.
Johnson Hall, seat of Sir John Johnson in the Mohawk Valley
Johnson Hall, seat of Sir John Johnson in the Mohawk Valley
United Empire Loyalist
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United Empire Loyalist is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the governor of Quebec and governor general of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in Britis
Loyalist (American Revolution)
…65,000–70,000 people) fled to other parts of the British Empire; especially to the Kingdom of Great Britain or to British North America and became known as United Empire Loyalists. Most were compensated with Canadian land or British cash distributed through formal claims procedures. The southern Loyalists moved mostly to East or…
Depiction of Loyalist refugees on their way to the Canadas during the American Revolution.
Depiction of Loyalist refugees on their way to the Canadas during the American Revolution.
The Coming of the Loyalists by Henry Sandham, showing a romanticised view of the Loyalists' arrival in New Brunswick.
The Coming of the Loyalists by Henry Sandham, showing a romanticised view of the Loyalists' arrival in New Brunswick.
1788 illustration of a Black woodcutter in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
1788 illustration of a Black woodcutter in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The Act Against Slavery, 1793, an anti-slavery act passed in Upper Canada. The act was created partially in response to Loyalist refugees who brought
The Act Against Slavery, 1793, an anti-slavery act passed in Upper Canada. The act was created partially in response to Loyalist refugees who brought slaves with them.