what happened to the loyalists

[rampart]

i'm not sure yet which 1/3 of us will face this fate. "be prepared"

the first 3 min or so describes the kind of scum who call themselves "patriots" today.

 

[1srelluc]

Canada is too close to send the dems.......I'm thinking South Georgia and the Sandwich islands.

 

[MarathonMike]

i'm not sure yet which 1/3 of us will face this fate. "be prepared"

the first 3 min or so describes the kind of scum who call themselves "patriots" today.

If you are an American why are you supporting the Socialist Ticket of Harris-Walz?

 

[1srelluc]

If you are an American why are you supporting the Socialist Ticket of Harris-Walz?

No shit....The better question you might ask him......

 

[rampart]

Canada is too close to send the dems.......I'm thinking South Georgia and the Sandwich islands.

we'll be back. wherever we go to regroup.

 

[Anathema]

I know that postwar a Loyalist in Essex, CT was dragged out of his home and hung on the flagpole where he’d continued flying the Union Jack. He’d been offered several buyouts of his property and business, and transport back to England. He refused. His wife and son were smarter. I know because a relative of mine was among that lunching party.

 

[1srelluc]

we'll be back. wherever we go to regroup.

Good luck swimming in arctic waters.....We will remove all ports/boats and your poventer will be airdropped in....Maybe.

Welcome to your new home.

 

[odanny]

I know that postwar a Loyalist in Essex, CT was dragged out of his home and hung on the flagpole where he’d continued flying the Union Jack. He’d been offered several buyouts of his property and business, and transport back to England. He refused. His wife and son were smarter. I know because a relative of mine was among that lunching party.

Did they go Hannibal Lecter on his ass?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I know that postwar a Loyalist in Essex, CT was dragged out of his home and hung on the flagpole where he’d continued flying the Union Jack. He’d been offered several buyouts of his property and business, and transport back to England. He refused. His wife and son were smarter. I know because a relative of mine was among that lunching party.

They ate him, too?

Stop the nonsense. You are loyalists for King Donald, and that old weird man is finished. So is your gang.

 

[Anathema]

Did they go Hannibal Lecter on his ass?

No. They dragged his ass out of his house in the middle of the night. He had a flagpole in front of the house where he flew the Union Jack daily. So they hooked him up to the rope and flew him instead. Shortly thereafter his widow accepted a generous, but less than he’d been offered, sum to sell the home and their general store and return to England.

 

[whitehall]

They weren't "America's loyalists" they were British loyalists. Nobody was imprisoned and some probably sailed back to King George after the American victory. Most probably learned to deal with the liberty that the new Republic guaranteed.

 

[Mushroom]

the first 3 min or so describes the kind of scum who call themselves "patriots" today.

Here we again have a claim that a topic is historical, but it is plainly just a disguised contemporary political attack.

 

[Mushroom]

I know that postwar a Loyalist in Essex, CT was dragged out of his home and hung on the flagpole where he’d continued flying the Union Jack. He’d been offered several buyouts of his property and business, and transport back to England. He refused. His wife and son were smarter. I know because a relative of mine was among that lunching party.

Interesting, any reference to that event?

 

[Anathema]

Interesting, any reference to that event?

Unfortunately nothing solid. It’s discussed in passing in a couple of local histories. The papers of the time largely downplayed it because some well known local people were involved. I know if it through family lore, as one of my ancestors was supposedly involved in the incident.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

They weren't "America's loyalists" they were British loyalists. Nobody was imprisoned and some probably sailed back to King George after the American victory. Most probably learned to deal with the liberty that the new Republic guaranteed.

After the American War of Independence, the treatment of Loyalists was varied and often harsh. Many faced social ostracism, legal discrimination, and violent reprisals. Congress recommended repressive measures, and states enacted laws that disenfranchised Loyalists, confiscated their property, and taxed them heavily. Approximately 100,000 Loyalists fled into exile, relocating to other parts of the British Empire, including Canada and the UK. While instances of lynching were not widespread, public humiliation, property vandalism, and looting were common forms of persecution. The Patriots controlled public discourse, and expressing sympathy for Britain could result in severe consequences.

 

[0311]

i'm not sure yet which 1/3 of us will face this fate. "be prepared"

the first 3 min or so describes the kind of scum who call themselves "patriots" today.

Actually, I re-watching "Turn" about American Spies during the Revolution. Most Loyalists left or were forced to leave the country. Nova Scotia was founded Loyalists after the war. Many went to Canada, some went to England. Others went to live on Caribbean Islands.

 

[Mushroom]

They weren't "America's loyalists" they were British loyalists. Nobody was imprisoned and some probably sailed back to King George after the American victory. Most probably learned to deal with the liberty that the new Republic guaranteed.

That is pretty much what happened. Although around 100,000 migrated to Canada. Thousands of others migrated to other British colonies and possessions. Or moved West, there political lines meant much less than they did in the former colonies.

There was an attempt to set up a new colony for them by the UK that they called "New Ireland" in what is now Maine and New Brunswick. Even a lot of British soldiers of the Revolutionary War decided to remain in the colony of New Ireland rather than return to England (part of their mustering out package was a cash payment or a land grant in their remaining North American colonies). However, it was geographically isolated from the rest of Canada, and most commerce and trade ended up going through Massachusetts and the new United States rather than going through Canada. And by the time of the War of 1812 the UK simply decided it was no longer worth the effort to support it and gave the land to the US.

 

[0311]

That is pretty much what happened. Although around 100,000 migrated to Canada. Thousands of others migrated to other British colonies and possessions. Or moved West, there political lines meant much less than they did in the former colonies.

There was an attempt to set up a new colony for them by the UK that they called "New Ireland" in what is now Maine and New Brunswick. Even a lot of British soldiers of the Revolutionary War decided to remain in the colony of New Ireland rather than return to England (part of their mustering out package was a cash payment or a land grant in their remaining North American colonies). However, it was geographically isolated from the rest of Canada, and most commerce and trade ended up going through Massachusetts and the new United States rather than going through Canada. And by the time of the War of 1812 the UK simply decided it was no longer worth the effort to support it and gave the land to the US.

Thank you, always willing learn more one of most important events in U.S. history. My family came to this country in 1642. Mainly Quakers. When the Revolutionary War came, they were forced to leave their farms in Pennsylvania. They refused to fight, later they settled in what is now the Arkansas River Valley.

 

[task0778]

the first 3 min or so describes the kind of scum who call themselves "patriots" today.

So, patriots are scum now? They care about their country and do not like the direction it's moving in, and they are scum? Eff you.

 

[rampart]

Here we again have a claim that a topic is historical, but it is plainly just a disguised contemporary political attack.

"those who refuse to learn from history ...."