The American Revolution on Long Island
By: Dr. Joanne S. Grasso
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781467118286
Subjects: History; HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical; TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index.
Table of contents: title: The struggle for independence on Long Island; title: Loyalist sympathies divide an island; title: Kings County and the battle for Brooklyn; title: The people of Queens resist on both sides; title: Suffolk County harbors revolutionaries; title: Church and politics take sides; title: Commerce, British style; title: Spies, patriots and saboteurs; title: Women, slaves and the war; title: The war is over : Long Island evacuation by the British.