Conversation so far:
How did the Evacuation of New York begin?
Loyalists began an exodus from the Thirteen Colonies.
what happened when the Loyalists left the Thirteen Colonies?
Carleton refused to deliver over the human property to the Americans at the time of the British evacuation.

Question: How did the Americans respond to Carleton's refusal?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the Americans respond to Carleton's refusal during the Evacuation of New York?