The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...

Many of the men who took part in the Congress left traces across the state that remain visible today. Witherspoon's home, ...

Loyalist? Or Neutral ... In the year before the Revolutionary War began, Greenwich and the part of town then called Horseneck had a population of 2,788. This population included men, women ...

How did the Revolutionary War affect life in New Jersey ... (Example: Man sells corn to loyalist militia; patriot neighbor burns corn field). New Jersey was a "checkerboard" of loyalists and ...

A mix of professional soldiers, Loyalist militias and opportunistic ... Adrian Coulter Leiby recounted in "The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley." They hit the village at 5 a.m. The ...

On June 1, 2025, the United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada (UELAC) unveiled a commemorative plaque at the Mount ...

Warburton Ave. Yonkers, NY 10701 Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester: A Living History Family Day Saturday, June 28, ...

Christopher Gadsden, Charles Pinckney, and Edward Rutledge are just some of the Revolutionary ... who joined the Loyalist ranks and Patriot forces during the war and present the stories of these ...

There’s a loyalist named John Peters who was like ... Dao: So we’re in the heart of Revolutionary War history here in Boston. The Old State House is right across the street and that includes ...

Signs of New Jersey's first rebels in the American Revolutionary War can be found all around ... known for tracking down loyalist sympathizers and organizing enforcement of the Continental ...