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 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
