In 1777,Joel Stone fled his home in Litchfield to join the British army in New York. Inthis talk, historian Tim Compeau will share his research on the local LoyalistJoel Stone and his attempts to build a counter-revolutionary community in UpperCanada. Though an exile, he kept in touch his family and former neighbors andenticed some of them to join him in Canada following the War of Independence.Stone positioned himself as a patron who could help his countrymen secure landson the Canadian frontier, but only if they reaffirmed their allegiance to theKing. An early twentieth century Canadian historian referred to him as …
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