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Patriots in Exile

Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution

By: James Waring McCrady,C. L. Bragg

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Patriots in Exile

Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution

By: James Waring McCrady,C. L. Bragg

A historical study of a little-known episode of the American Revolution in which Charleston residents were held in a British-occupied region of Florida. In the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces, British soldiers arrested sixty-three Americans and transported them to the borderland town of St. Augustine, East Florida—territory under British control since the French and Indian War. In Patriots in Exile, James Waring McCrady and C. L. Bragg chronicle the banishment of these southerners, the hardships endured by their families, and the plight of the enslaved men and women who accompanied them. McCrady and Bragg examine the events from various perspectives, including the British who governed occupied Charleston, the families left behind, the armies in the field, the Continental Congress, and finally the Jacksonboro Assembly of January and February 1782. Using primary sources and archival materials, the authors develop biographical sketches of each exile and illuminate important facets of the American Revolution’s southern theater. While they shared a common fate, the exiles were a diverse lot of tradesmen, artisans, prominent civilians, military officers, and others—among them three signers of the Declaration of Independence. Although they had clear socioeconomic differences, most were unrepentant patriots forced to navigate complex and dangerous circumstances.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1643360809

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9781643360805

John & Edward Rutledge of South Carolina

By: James Haw

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John & Edward Rutledge of South Carolina

By: James Haw

John Rutledge (1739-1800) was a wealthy planter and successful lawyer, a leader in South Carolina's colonial Commons House of Assembly, and a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. As chief executive of the state during most of the War for Independence, he was instrumental in its defense and recovery after the British conquest of 1780. One of the leading delegates to the United States constitutional convention in 1787, he served as chief justice of South Carolina, and briefly as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820318590

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9780820318592

Patriots in Exile

Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution

By: James Waring McCrady,C. L. Bragg

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Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution

By: James Waring McCrady,C. L. Bragg

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1643360809

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9781643360805

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