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Loyalists are leaving Charleston with their slaves...



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April 10, 1783

THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 10, 1783  Page 4 has: "American News" which includes: "The fleet left Charlestown [Charleston] bar on the 18th...part of which having on board Loyalists & their negroes, was conducted to St. Augustine by the convoy...part went to New  York with his Majesty's ships...having on board  troops and inhabitants, many families of the first distinction in Carolina went to England...".
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/14 inches, very nice condition.

Category: Revolutionary War