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"The Savages Let Loose" or " The cruel fate of the Loyalists"
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British etching from 1783. Cartoon shows three Natives, representing America, murdering six loyalists, four are being hung, one is about to be scalped, and the last, appealing to Fate, is about to be killed by an ax-wielding Native.

Credit: Library of Congress

The Savages Let Loose or The cruel fate of the Loyalists. During the War for Independence more than 60,000 Americans who remained loyal to the Crown fled the country. In this British etching from 1783, three Indians, representing the United States, murder Americans who remained loyal to the Crown.

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