Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America--with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaves, and Two Illegal Royal Weddings

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261 Index Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations. Abaco Island, 145, 150, 152 Abeel, John, 37 Act of Union of 1707, 16, 115 African Americans: in Bahamas, 140, 149– 54; and disease outbreaks, 122–23; Dunmore ’s views on, 6, 109, 115–16, 154–56; in England, 28; and Ethiopian Regiment, 216n35; in“floating town,” 120, 122–23; historical portrayals of Dunmore, 4; as loyalists, 137; in New York, 28. See also blacks; slaves Agnew, John, 121 Alexander, Peter, 137–38 American Revolution: British and loyalist perspectives on, 6, 94–130; and Dunmore proclamation of emancipation (1775), 2, 6, 104, 105;“floating town” of loyalists, 96–97, 119–25; French Canadians in, 99, 100, 213n10; historiography of, 3–4; patriot propaganda, 3, 6, 101–2; property losses by loyalists, 102–3, 113. See also specific battles and military leaders by name Amherst, Jeffery, 173 Anglican Church, 27, 143 Anne (queen of Great Britain), 10 Articles of War, 120 Atholl, 1st Marquess of (John Murray), 17 Atholl, 3rd Duke of (John Murray), 18–19, 21 Atholl, 4th Duke of (John Murray), 139 Attakullakulla (Cherokee chief), 63, 204n16 Austen, Jane, 179–80 Backscheider, Paula, 235n4 Bahama Gazette: on Dunmore’s involvement with Bowles expedition, 165; as loyalist voice, 145; on Native American trade in Bahamas, 167–68; printing of, 143 Bahama Islands (colony): defense of, 156–59; Dunmore as governor, 1, 6, 140–78; Dunmore ’s amnesty proclamation for runaway slaves, 150–51; loyalist refugees in, 2, 140, 144–47; map of, 141; political environment in, 144–47, 170–74; slaves and free blacks in, 149–54, 227n49 Baker, Joshua, 78 Bancroft, George, 3 Baptists, 27 Barry, George, 155 Battle of Culloden, 7, 12–13, 24, 84 Battle of Great Bridge, 110–12; view of (by Lord Rawdon), 111 Battle of Long Island, 126 Battle of New Orleans, 178 Battle of Prestonpans, 12 Battle of Yorktown, 7 Battles of Lexington and Concord, 94 Bedford, 4th Duke of (John Russell), 19 Bedford Whigs, 19 Bellew, Henry, 121 Berkeley, Norborne. See Botetourt, 4th Baron (Norborne Berkeley) Bermuda, 139–40 Black Pioneers, 126 262 Index Camp Charlotte peace. See Treaty of Camp Charlotte (1775) Canada: colonial government in, 131, 147, 160; French Canadians in American Revolution, 99, 100, 213n10 Candidates, The (Munford), 218n59 Caretta, Vincent, 235n9 Carleton, Guy, 99, 133, 136 Carondelet, baron de (Francisco Luis Hector ), 168 Cathcart, Charles Schaw, 15, 20 Catholicism, 9, 11, 27 Cat Island, 145 Chalmers, George, 171, 175, 225n36 Chancery Court, 33, 181 Charles IV (king of Spain), 166 Charleston, South Carolina, 128–30, 132 Charlotte (queen of Great Britain), 142 Cherokees: and Bowles, 165; and Dunmore’s War, 61, 76, 88, 204n16; and loyalist plans in colonies, 132; and Treaty of Camp Charlotte, 90; in western lands, 160 Chesapeake Bay, map of, 98 Chickamaugas, 165, 168 Chickasaws, 160 Choctaws, 160 Christian, William, 89 Church of England, 27, 143 Clark, Elijah, 169 Clark, George Rogers, 77, 90 Clinton, George, 32 Clinton, Henry, 117–19, 124, 126, 132–34, 215n28, 219n74 Colden, Cadwallader, 29, 30, 32–36, 37, 198n40 College of New York, 31 College of William and Mary, 53, 69, 205n31 Common Sense (Paine), 26 Connolly, John, 68; and American Revolution, 97, 100; and Dunmore’s War, 67, 70–73, 80, 82, 92, 211n100 Conway, Stephen, 191n17 Cornstalk (Shawnee chief), 88, 89 Cornwallis, Charles, 127, 128 Cosby, William, 33 Cosway, Richard, 233n116 cotton, 150, 227n49, 228n61 counterfeiting, 46–51, 49, 202n103 Court of Exchequer, 33 blacks: in Bahamas, 140, 149–54; and disease outbreaks, 122–23; Dunmore’s views on, 6, 109, 115–16, 154–56; in England, 28; and Ethiopian Regiment, 216n35; in “floating town,” 120, 122–23; historical portrayals of Dunmore, 4; as loyalists, 137; in New York, 28. See also African Americans; slaves Blair, James, 51 Blair, Kitty Eustace, 51, 52 Bland, Richard, 200n78 Blount, William, 169, 170 Board of American Loyalists, 2, 145 Bolton’s Tavern, New York, 31 Bonnamy, Broomfield, 162, 164, 168 Bonnie Prince Charlie. See Stuart, Charles Edward (Prince) Boodle’s, 21 Boswell, James, 2–3, 21–22 Botetourt, 4th Baron (Norborne Berkeley), 38–39, 42, 44, 61, 65 Bowles, William Augustus, 162–69, 163, 179–80 Bradstreet, John, 36 British Empire: arming slaves, 6; consent of subjects within, 5; North American expansion, 5, 140–78; trade laws within, 5. See also American Revolution and specific colonies by name British government: House of Commons, 10, 175; House of Lords, 12, 16, 20, 24, 134, 138–39, 186; Privy...