W. Stewart Wallace

The United Empire Loyalists
- English
- History and Biography
- 05/06/14
Sinopsis
The United Empire Loyalists have suffered a strange fate at the hands of
historians. It is not too much to say that for nearly a century their history
was written by their enemies. English writers, for obvious reasons, took
little pleasure in dwelling on the American Revolution, and most of the
early s were therefore American in their origin. Any one who takes
the trouble to read these early s will be struck by the amazing
manner in which the Loyalists are treated. They are either ignored entirely
or else they are painted in the blackest colours.
So vile a crew the world ne'er saw before,
And grant, ye pitying heavens, it may no more!
If ghosts from hell infest our...