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A Test of Loyalties: The Exiles of the American Revolution

Nicholas Guyatt
June 7, 2011   |    This article appeared in the June 27, 2011 edition of The Nation.
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Between a fifth and a third of the white population remained loyal to Britain in 1776. Why?

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Nicholas Guyatt
Nicholas Guyatt, a fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, teaches American history at the University of York in...

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Nicholas Guyatt
June 7, 2011   |    This article appeared in the June 27, 2011 edition of The Nation.
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