"To Save the Innocent, I Demand the Guilty": The Huddy-Asgill Affair

Duke, Claire A .

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"To Save the Innocent, I Demand the Guilty": The Huddy-Asgill Affair

Duke, Claire A .

The Huddy-Asgill affair, though a supposedly minor event, illustrated important aspects of the American Revolution. It was emblematic of much larger issues of this period. The affair exemplified the volatile, civil war-like atmosphere between loyalist and patriot populations, and reflected polarized public opinions, both in the colonies and abroad, and their impact on the decisions of American leadership.

Keywords: Washington; Patriot; Loyalist; Public Opinion; American Revolution; Retaliation

Major Professor: Dr. Louise Breen

Date: 2017

Record URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38167

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