The Tory's Wife : A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America /

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"A microhistory in the form of a biography of Jane Welborn Spurgin, an outspoken supporter of the Revolution whose husband was a Tory who bore arms for the king during the American war. Her story illustrates the rifts and conflicts but also the opportunities the Revolutionary War created for Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Spurgin, William, > 1734-1806.
Spurgin, Jane Welborn, > 1736-1803.
Women.
Runaway husbands.
American loyalists.
Abandoned wives.
Runaway husbands > North Carolina > Biography.
American Loyalists > North Carolina > Biography.
Abandoned wives > North Carolina > Biography.
United States.
North Carolina.
North Carolina > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Women.
North Carolina > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"A microhistory in the form of a biography of Jane Welborn Spurgin, an outspoken supporter of the Revolution whose husband was a Tory who bore arms for the king during the American war. Her story illustrates the rifts and conflicts but also the opportunities the Revolutionary War created for Americans, male and female, as they fought for and thought through independence"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780813949932

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