Making themselves legitimate military targets, and putting at risk other "loyalists" who may have had sympathies without anti-Revolutionary action, thereby making that second class of loyalists a legitimate target (who's to know which class of loyalists a person actually belongs in).
H. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 12:26:38 -0500 >The people who were locked up and had lands confiscated were more than just >loyalists, they were they people who were informing the British Army. They >were the ones supporting them with food and clothing. > >As a supporter of the crown they were keeping the colonists from declaring >independence. > >At 11:58 AM 4/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>Michael, >> >>Nope, attacked the civilians too. The American revolutionaries went on a >>campaign against those civilians who still supported the crown during the >>revolutionary war. About one third of the population were loyalists, those >>who supported the crown. Quite a few of them were locked up in >>concentration camps and had their land and property confiscated. Later they >>were deported from the 13 colonies. >> >>Hate to say it, but that sounds very familiar. >> >>larry > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
