The Tory's wife : a woman and her family in Revolutionary America /

The Tory's wife : a woman and her family in Revolutionary America /

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Author / Creator:	Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958- author.
Imprint:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xiv, 208 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The revolutionary age Revolutionary age (Charlottesville, Va.)
Subject:	Spurgin, Jane Welborn, -- 1736-1803. Spurgin, William, -- 1734-1806. Abandoned wives -- North Carolina -- Biography. American loyalists -- North Carolina -- Biography. Runaway husbands -- North Carolina -- Biography. Abandoned wives American loyalists Runaway husbands Women North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women. North Carolina -- Biography. North Carolina United States Biographies History
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13159533

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ISBN:	9780813949918 0813949912 9780813949932
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-199) and index.
Summary:	"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"--
Other form:	Online version: Kierner, Cynthia A., 1958- Tory's wife Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023 9780813949932

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