Pauline Maier…ambitious, empathetic and sometimes lyrical…Although other historians have studied the Loyalists and parts of their widespread migration, Liberty's Exiles justly claims to be "the first global history of the Loyalist diaspora"…Jasanoff skillfully threads the stories of individual Loyalists through her narrative, as she beautifully describes, one by one, the often inhospitable places they went.
—The Washington Post
Thomas BenderAt the heart of this smart, deeply researched and elegantly written history is Jasanoff's re-creation of the lives of those who emigrated—rich and poor, white, black and in some cases red. She brings these displaced people to life: we learn their reasons for leaving, their understanding of the losses and gains, and more generally the "bittersweet" experiences of even those who successfully rebuilt their lives.
