British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775-1783: The Role of the `Middling-Level' Activists

Sheldon S. Cohen

doi:10.1017/9781846152245

British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775-1783

The Role of the `Middling-Level' Activists

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Sheldon S. Cohen, Loyola University, Chicago

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: March 2023
Print publication year:: 2004
Online ISBN:: 9781846152245
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846152245

Subjects:: Regional and World History: General Interest, History

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America's Declaration of Independence, while endeavouring to justify a break with Great Britain, simultaneously proclaimed that the colonists had not been 'wanting in attention to our British brethren', but that they had 'been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity'. This overstatement has since been modified in comprehensive histories of the American Revolution. Gradually a more balanced portrait of British attitudes towards the conflict has emerged. In particular, studies of pro-American Britons have exemplified this fact by concentrating on only a small upper-class minority.In contrast, this work focuses on five unrenowned men of Britain's 'middling orders'. These individuals actively endeavoured to aid the American cause. Their efforts, often unlawful, brought them into contact with Benjamin Franklin, for whom they befriended rebel seamen confined in British gaols. Their stories - rendered here - open up new areas for study of the American War on this middling segment of Britain's social structure.

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British Supporters of the American Revolution, 1775-1783

The Role of the `Middling-Level' Activists

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Illustrations
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xvi

1 - The Setting
pp 1-21

2 - William Hodgson: Pro-American London Merchant
pp 22-50

3 - Thomas Wren: Portsmouth’s Patron of American Liberty
pp 51-82

4 - Reuben Harvey: Irish “Friend” of American Freedom
pp 83-106

5 - Robert Heath: Evangelist and Humanitarian
pp 107-132

6 - Griffith Williams: Apothecary and Friend to American Liberty
pp 133-157

Bibliography
pp 158-166

Index
pp 167-182

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