Maybe some of the colonies were nicer about it, but here in central and western NC they were routed. Those who didn’t flee were killed. Their property was seized and auctioned to pay war expenses.
Yes that happened to my ancestors in Herkimer County NY and the Susquehanna River Valley in PA
One family member was burnt to death when the rebels fired the house and a teenage girl died in prison...
another ancestor was a POW and was killed escaping from the prison..
Even an old grandmother and young children were imprisoned...
Both families had their lands confiscated and had to flee north to Canada
The women and children spent the next few years in Sorel the refugee camp near Montreal..
They never got their property or land back...
A son from one family married a daughter from another..
My 4th great grandparents..
Tennessee Nana UE