The revolutionaries invented this? Wasn't it just a fact of ancient warfare that the victors had pretty much free reign over the vanquished? It seems to me that history is rife with examples of wholesale massacres of defeated war parties. Applying modern rules of war (and victory) to ancient conflicts seems like an exercise in exasperation to me.
> AFter 1780 loyalists in Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey and several > other states were put into camp and systematically starved, tortured > and if female, raped. Indian tribes who were allied with the > government were attacked in the same matter as the Serbs attacked the > Kosovars and Bosians. In counties in Virginia, the Carolinas and > Georgia lawas were passed making loyalists financially and legally > responsible for any crimes committed in those counties. Any blacks > found in the loyalist or government service were summarily executed. > > larry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136194 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
