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Loyalists

 

Tory colonists; in the English colonies of North America during the War of Independence of 1775-83, supporters of the English colonialists.

For the most part, the Loyalists included monarchist-minded big landowners, a portion of the slaveholding planters, the commercial bourgeoisie tied to the metropolis by their business interests, English civil servants in the colonies, and the Anglican clergy. The Loyalists were opposed to the separation of the North American colonies from Great Britain. Tens of thousands of Loyalists fought in the ranks of the British Army, stirred up counterrevolutionary rebellions, and engaged in sabotage. By the end of the war, about 100,000 Loyalists had emigrated.

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