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A Few Lawless Vagabonds: Ethan Allen, the Republic of Vermont, and the American Revolution

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A Few Lawless Vagabonds is an account of the three-way relationship between Ethan Allen, the Republic of Vermont (1777–1791) and the British in Canada throughout the American Revolution, a work of political and military history. Ethan Allen was once a prime mover in the establishment of the Republic (though he was once a captive of the British, 1775–1778), then led the fight to care for its independence from the “predatory states” of New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts; from the American Continental Congress; and from British attacks at the new state. In an effort to defend Vermont’s independence, Ethan Allen engaged in secret, unlawful negotiations with the British in Canada, aimed at turning Vermont into a “separate Government under the Crown.” The attempts of the Allen circle of relatives to care for Vermont’s independence from its neighbors were successful: Vermont became the 14th State in 1791. A Few Lawless Vagabonds is the first systematic attempt, the usage of archival sources, to show that the Allens were utterly serious in their aim to turn Vermont into a Crown colony, a project which came with regards to becoming an open, public issue late in 1781. The Ethan Allen that emerges isn’t as a warrior hero of the American Revolution but as a successful Vermont nationalist who is justly celebrated as the principal founder of the State of Vermont, a rare combination of patriot and betrayer of the public believe. The British leaders who were Ethan’s opposite numbers emerge in turn as thoroughly capable military officers and diplomatic negotiators: Sir Henry Clinton, Sir Guy Carleton and Sir Frederick Haldimand.

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