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Suffering for the Crown

The Hudson Valley Loyalists and the Violence of Revolution
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A groundbreaking look at the chaos and carnage of the American Revolution at the local level In many respects, the American Revolution was a civil war, pitting Americans loyal to the Crown against other Americans loyal to the vision of a new nation they sought to create. Neighbor fought against neighbor, brother against brother, father against son. One of the epicenters of this desperate struggle was New York's Hudson Valley. In Suffering for the Crown, Kieran O'Keefe offers an in-depth, long-term look at what many scholars consider the most fiercely contested region of the entire conflict, analyzing the effects of violence on Loyalist communities-which included white, Black, and Native peoples-in stunning detail. O'Keefe reveals the brutal reality of the war and examines its enduring psychological and social legacies, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of the Revolution's human cost. Caught up in this crucible, he shows, suffering became central to how Loyalists came to define themselves and their ordeal, as the dark side of the nation's birth fundamentally and permanently reshaped American civil society.
Kieran J. O'Keefe is Assistant Professor of History at Lyon College.
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