The disaffected : Britain's occupation of Philadelphia during the American Revolution

"Aaron Sullivan explores the British occupation of Philadelphia, chronicling the experiences of a group of people who were pursued, pressured, and at times persecuted, not because they chose the wrong side of the Revolution but because they tried not to choose a side at all. For these people, t...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Aaron, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Series:Early American studies
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505 0 0 |t Introduction --  |t Consent --  |t The Brothers Allen --Invasion --  |t The road to Virginia --  |t Siege --  |t Crossing the lines --  |t Occupation --  |t Elizabeth Drinker goes to Washington --  |t Evacuation --  |t Change and continuity --  |t Epilogue. 
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