Hope Restored: the United Empire Loyalist Settlement in British North America, 1775–1812

Mateusz Bogdanowicz

doi:10.31648/ep.6139

Published: 2020-12-011

No. XXI/1 (2020)

Hope Restored: the United Empire Loyalist Settlement in British North America, 1775–1812

Mateusz Bogdanowicz

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.6139

Abstract

The article looks into the process of resettlement of the United Empire Loyalists from the newly created United States to British North America. The settlement, political and social considerations, as well as the logistic challenges to the already-existing Canadian provinces are evaluated. The paper utlines the creation of New Brunswick and Upper Canada; it also investigates the issues of the Indian and Black loyalists’ repatriation and the British government assistance in the process.

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Loyalists, Canada, provinces, War of Independence, repatriation, United Kingdom

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Bogdanowicz, M. (2020). Hope Restored: the United Empire Loyalist Settlement in British North America, 1775–1812. Echa Przeszłości, (XXI/1). https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.6139

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