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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: "Drakon" by S. M. Stirling
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:04:57 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <2g957j5m5qfpevnuuojggu1d98la2vgrpv@4ax.com>,
The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:36:21 -0400, William Hyde
><wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>However, Ontario also received a number of "delayed loyalists", i.e. 
>>Americans attracted by free land, well after the war(1).  As these 
>>proved far from loyal to the British in the war of 1812(2), perhaps your 
>>grandmother had a point.
>>
>
>I've never seen a source that suggested land in modern day southern
>Ontario was free though it was a fraction (I've read 1/3) of what the
>US was selling land for in what is now the Midwest.
>
>Again - in British eyes there were enough of them that it was felt to
>be a security threat in the region between London (ON) and York (now
>Toronto) though in the event these settlers chose loyalty to their
>land rather than to their former country.

Yeah, to the 1812 invaders' enormous surprise, you can't win hearts
and minds by setting fire to people's homes. 
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