Battle of Rhode Island

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People, The War Years (1775-1783) January 18, 2021 January 18, 2021

African Americans in the American Revolution

by Thomas Fleming

Editor’s note: Originally published in JAR in May 2013, this important article about the contribution of African Americans to our nation’s liberty was written…

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Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) May 5, 2020 May 4, 2020

General Charles Lee Imposes Oaths of Allegiance on Newport Tories, 1775

by Christian M. McBurney

Major General Charles Lee visited Newport, Rhode Island, in late December 1775, where he—controversially—insisted that local Loyalists take an oath of allegiance to the…

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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…