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The 75,000 Americans Who Fled the Revolution: How Loyalists Built the British Empire
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World
We all know the American Revolution as a fight for freedom. But what about the 75,000 people—one in forty Americans—who chose the King? This video explores Maya Jasanoff's *Liberty's Exiles* to reveal the untold story of the Loyalists: the white farmers, black slaves who earned their freedom, and Native American leaders who were forced into a global diaspora. Discover how these 'losers' of the war didn't just disappear; they fled to Canada, the Bahamas, and even Sierra Leone, where they reshaped the British Empire and sparked its second rise. This isn't just history—it's a shocking look at the cost of victory and the birth of a new world order.
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