Interview with a Loyalist

Hello. It has been a long time since I had written an article. It has been even LONGER time since I had interviewed someone and my reporter instincts are as strong as ever. In this exclusive interview with a Loyalist, we speak of the hardships of simply supporting Britain and the discrimination and fear of your neighbours who believe you are a traitor to your own country. Without further ado, my latest masterpiece (the text in italic):

The American Revolution: Supporting Britain

Supporting Britain have caused many colonists their homes. Not supporting the rebellion was all they had done but they had already been labelled as traitors. They had become Loyalists. They had been humiliated for simply believing Britain had done nothing wrong. Loyalist, William Brown, now living in Quebec, gives us an exclusive interview about the hardships of living in the Thirteen Colonies siding with the British.

C: Good afternoon, William. Thank you for letting me conduct this interview. This means a lot to me. Lets start off this interview with a simple question, Why did you support the British?

WB: I felt that my people were giving the British a hard time. They were simply trying to raise funds to protect us when they had passed the Stamp Act and with the Ohio Valley incident, the First Nations were already living there. We had been selfish. I know we could use the land and I was angry at first but now I have calmed down but my people are still not happy. I could not agree with their opinions about the British.

C: How interesting. In New Jersey, 1775, a man by the name of Thomas was accused as an enemy of the country and was humiliated in the most cruellest ways. How did you feel about that?

WB: If the Colonists believed he was a traitor, they should of kicked him out of the village or country into Quebec or Nova Scotia. That way he could of left with his pride but instead they strip him of everything including his dignity until he apologized. He had apologized for believing that the British had done nothing wrong. That was low of the Thirteen Colonies.

C: You had mentioned earlier that you now live in Quebec. What had caused this move, your neighbours or yourself? 

WB: I was forced to go by my Patriot neighbours. I had travelled north by land. I was not as wealthy as some of the other Loyalists but thankfully not as poor as some. I had been a farmer before I left for Quebec. One of the things that I felt that Britain had done right was that they gave freedom to black loyalists who had been slaves before.

C: I have one last question. If you were to go back in time, would you keep your decision to side with the British or become a Patriot?

WB: What a difficult question. I think I would become a Loyalist instead of a Patriot. These countries could live without war and I strongly believe that Britain had done nothing wrong to us. These hardships that I had faced were well worth the fight.

C: Thank you for the interview and taking the time out of your day to meet me here.

WB: It was a pleasure.

Well that was an interesting article. I am completely on the Loyalist's side but I'm trying not to be biased in my articles (ohh did I mention, I still write them! I should post one soon. They're much better than the last one...). Anyways that's the latest news there. Many Loyalists came to Quebec. Yay! More people to meet. That means more interviews! That's all the news so far. I'll update you soon.