Black Loyalists were people of African descent who sided with the Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. In particular, the term refers to men...

Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as...

United Empire Loyalist (UEL; or simply Loyalist) is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec and Governor...

Colonists who supported the British cause in the American Revolution were Loyalists, often called Tories, or, occasionally, Royalists or King's Men. George...

were resettled in Nova Scotia after the war, where they were known as Black Loyalists. There was also the forced migration of the Jamaican Maroons in 1796...

Canada that their slaves would remain their property. However more black Loyalists were free, having been given their freedom from slavery by fighting...

with the highest percentage of Black people, with 69.4%; it was a settlement where the Crown provided land to Black Loyalists after the American Revolution...

working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland. Like other unionists, loyalists support the continued existence of Northern Ireland (and formerly all...

Revolutionary War were resettled in Sierra Leone, forming a community named Black Loyalists. This resettlement scheme was partly motivated by social issues in...

which promised freedom to enslaved people, as Black Loyalists. Around 9,000 African Americans became Black Patriots. As between 220,000 and 250,000 soldiers...