Ebook: Loyalist rebellion in New Brunswick: a defining conflict for Canada's political culture

This is an eye-opening book about the experiences of Loyalists who fled the United States as refugees after the American Revolution succeeded. The families who arrived at Saint John expected good treatment from British authorities. As newly-impoverished political refugees, they did get government support. But they encountered officials who had little regard for their rights, and the result was political turmoil. This book tells the lively story of the events that followed, and the extraordinary measures taken by the authorities to suppress the rights of the Loyalist majority in the newly-created colony of New Brunswick.DAVID BELL is a graduate in history and the law from Queen's University, the University of New Brunswick and Harvard University. He has written extensively on Maritime history and is professor of law at the University of New Brunswick. He lives in Jackson Falls, NB.Canadian author, Canadian history, New Brunswick history, Loyalists, American Revolution.