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HIST 370 (Terzian)

Boston King

A formerly enslaved man, Boston King fled his enslavers and defected to the British, where he became a loyalist Methodist preacher.

Margaret Shippen Arnold

Daughter of a prominent merchant and wife of Benedict Arnold, Margaret "Peggy" Shippen is credited as being essential to Arnold's decision to betray his post.

William Franklin

The illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, William was the colonial Governor of New Jersey and a steadfast loyalist who went into exile in Britain after the war.