126 The Reintegration of American Loyalists
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2017
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
What happened to the loyalists who stayed in the United States after the War for Independence?
After the war, 60,000 loyalists and 15,000 slaves evacuated the United States. But thousands more opted to remain in the new nation.
Rebecca Brannon, an Associate Professor of History at James Madison University and author of From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of South Carolina Loyalists, joins us to explore what happened to the loyalists who stayed.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Ben Franklin's world is brought to you by Delanceyplace.com. |
| 0:05.0 | Did you know that the United States Declaration of Independence |
| 0:08.0 | is one of at least 90 declarations of Independence? |
| 0:12.0 | It seems that many states and localities authored declarations of independence for a variety of related purposes. |
| 0:18.0 | Some declarations, like those written by Virginia and New Jersey, |
| 0:22.0 | formerly ended the old regime within their states, and |
| 0:25.1 | other declarations simply authorized congressional delegates to vote for independence. |
| 0:30.5 | With excerpts from Pauline Mayer's book American Scripture making of the Declaration of Independence, |
| 0:35.0 | Delansiplace.com asks us to think about why all these documents exist |
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| 0:57.0 | Welcome to Ben Franklin's World, |
| 1:01.5 | podcast about Early American History with Liz |
| 1:04.6 | Kovart. The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can |
| 1:09.6 | affect the better future. Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted |
| 1:16.2 | and shaped our present day world. |
| 1:18.7 | And now here's your host, Liz Colarn. |
| 1:21.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 126 of Ben Franklin's world. |
| 1:26.5 | The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our |
| 1:30.6 | early American past have shaped the present day world we live in. |
| 1:34.7 | What happened to the loyalists who stayed? |
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