{"product_id":"patriots-in-exile-charleston-rebels-in-st-augustine-during-the-american-revolution-9781643360799","title":"Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St.","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces, British soldiers arrested sixty-three paroled American prisoners and transported them to the borderland town of St. Augustine, East Florida--territory under British control since the French and Indian War. In \u003ci\u003ePatriots in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, James Waring McCrady and C. L. Bragg chronicle the banishment of these elite southerners, the hardships endured by their families, and the plight of the enslaved men and women who accompanied them, as well as the motives of their British captors. \u003cp\u003eMcCrady and Bragg thoroughly examine the exile from the standpoint of the British who governed occupied Charleston, the families left behind, the armies in the field, the Continental Congress, and finally the Jacksonboro Assembly of January and February 1782. Using primary sources and archival materials, the authors develop biographical sketches of each exile and illuminate important facets of the American Revolution's southern theater. While they shared a common fate, the exiles were a diverse lot of tradesmen, artisans, prominent civilians, and military officers--among them three signers of the Declaration of Independence. Although they had clear socioeconomic differences, most were unrepentant patriots. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this first comprehensive examination and narrative history of these patriots, McCrady and Bragg reveal how the exiles navigated their new surroundings within the context of a revolutionary conflict that involved various imperial powers of the Old World--Britain, France, and Spain--and American colonists seeking to create an independent nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA detailed, fascinating account of a neglected facet of the history of the American Revolution in South Carolina.\" —Walter Edgar, author of \u003ci\u003eSouth Carolina: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePatriots in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e fills a significant gap in the history of the American Revolution and broadens the perspective by exploring events that took place outside the limits of the thirteen colonies. This book will appeal to both academic and general readers, particularly those whose interests are focused on the South.\" —Jim Piecuch, author of \u003ci\u003eThree Peoples, One King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bragg and McCrady have highlighted a frequently neglected topic of the Revolutionary War in the South: the travails of men who were torn from families and familiar surroundings, often not knowing what awaited them in this forced removal from South Carolina. Engaging and original.\" —Carl Borick, Charleston Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McCrady and Bragg shed new light on how in 1780 the patriot elite of Charleston, South Carolina, came to be exiled to one of the most isolated corners of the British empire. While not quite a gulag or Guantanamo Bay, St. Augustine served a similar function as a place where the British could make disappear individuals deemed to be dangerous enemies of the state.\"  —David K. Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Strategy: Britain's Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50114081980759,"sku":"9781643360799","price":70.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781643360799.jpg?v=1741175318","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/patriots-in-exile-charleston-rebels-in-st-augustine-during-the-american-revolution-9781643360799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}