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29th June 10, 07:26 PM
#10
 Originally Posted by Nick the DSM
Didn't most of the Highlanders have some sort of "agreement" or "contract" with the loyalists just to live over in the colonies?, sorta like indentured servants but not... I forget where I read, it might of been a book I real long ago.
Some were tenants, especially in the Hudson & Mohawk River Valleys. But Meyer contends that many were Loyalists because of their experiences with the '45 -- one failed rebellion swore them off ones in the future -- as well as religious & political differences with their Ulster-Scots neighbors.
T.
Last edited by macwilkin; 30th June 10 at 07:44 AM.
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