November 7, 1775
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was the first emancipation of slaves in the history of America.Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was the first emancipation of slaves in the history of America.
He was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies and became royal governor of the Colony of Virginia on 25 September 1771. He is also noted for Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, also known as Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation. Dated 7 November 1775, but proclaimed a week later, Dunmore thereby formally offered freedom to slaves who abandoned their Patriot masters to join the British.
Lord Dunmore
The emancipation of slaves or indentured servants who joined the British army.
Lord Dunmore is a loyalist because in colonial days he work as a governor for the King in the colonies
The promise of freedom to any able bodied male slave who enlisted in the cause of restoring royal athority
Promised freedom to slaves that joined the British cause
Lord Dunmore
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was the first emancipation of slaves in the history of America.Lord Dunmore's Proclamation was the first emancipation of slaves in the history of America.
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He was a Scottish peer and colonial governor in the American colonies and became royal governor of the Colony of Virginia on 25 September 1771. He is also noted for Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, also known as Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation. Dated 7 November 1775, but proclaimed a week later, Dunmore thereby formally offered freedom to slaves who abandoned their Patriot masters to join the British.
Lord Dunmore
The emancipation of slaves or indentured servants who joined the British army.
Some slaves left their "masters" to join the British loyalists in order to gain their freedom. Some were freed and actually taken to Britain and Canada after the War of Independence.
Lord Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment fought wearing uniforms bearing the motto Liberty to Slaves.
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Lord Dunmore is a loyalist because in colonial days he work as a governor for the King in the colonies