Hannah Ingraham: Loyalist Refugee

Authors

Peter MacLeod, Canadian War MuseumFollow

Abstract

Every war produces refugees. Some flee a few hundred metres out of the path of an advancing army, others cross oceans and continents in search of safety. From the Huron survivors of Iroquois attacks in the seventeenth century to African and Asian victims of war in the twenty-first, generation after generation of refugees have built new lives in Canada.

During the American Revolution (1775-1783) many Americans, known as Loyalists, supported the British government. When the war ended in an American victory, about 40,000 Loyalists became refugees and made their way to Canada. One of these refugees was Hannah Ingraham.

Recommended Citation

MacLeod, Peter "Hannah Ingraham: Loyalist Refugee." Canadian Military History 12, 2 (2003)