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Features, Historic Sites, News December 17, 2018 December 16, 2018

Recognizing the Skirmish at Kemp’s Landing

by Patrick H. Hannum

November 10, 1775 was an important day in both Great Britain and America. Lord George Germain assumed duties as the Secretary of State for…

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1. Dan R Kinsey The Mythology of Stony Point

Michael, Great articles of the areas Revolutionary War! Thanks for these. In re. your article on the Battle of Stoney Point and the Myth of Pompey, I recently was researching…
2. Adam Zielinski Loyalist Slave-Owning Refugees in Postwar Jamaica

"In the colonial mind, the right to liberty was synonymous with property ownership." This statement is somewhat misleading. While it's certainly the case with powerful colonists, i.e., those who owned…
3. John Knight Loyalist Slave-Owning Refugees in Postwar Jamaica

I think Patrick deserves praise for raising an awkward and contentious topic. The debate over slavery during the Revolution and its aftermath is bound to be antagonistic. (As can be…