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Lorenda Holmes: Loyalist Spy of the American Revolution

by WVVLhHpCQb | Oct 21, 2020 | Women and the American Story

  In the summer of 1776, the British army and navy surrounded the city of New York, preparing to take it from the American army based there. Loyalist men were fleeing to join the British before the attack. Loyalist Lorenda Holmes found another way to support her...

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