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Earl of Dunmore

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Earl of Dunmore

Gender: Male

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Dunmore’s Proclamation offers freedom to enslaved people who join the British

đź“… 7 November 1775

During the American Revolution, Virginia’s royal governor offered freedom to enslaved people belonging to rebels who joined British forces. The offer was a military strategy, not a principled...