The Loyalist Conscience: Principled Opposition to the American Revolution

by Chaim M Rosenberg and Chaim M. Rosenberg

Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British crown were persecuted with loss of employment, eviction from their homes, heavy taxation, confiscation of property and imprisonment. Loyalist Americans from all walks of life were branded as traitors and enemies of the people. By the end of the war, 80,000 had fled their homeland to face a dismal exile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476672458
• ISBN13: 9781476672458
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher