The Birth of the Black Loyalists–November 14, 1775

Lord Dunmore issued his Proclamation just a week earlier, but the response was much stronger than anticipated, probably because—who knew!—people hate being slaves. While the Proclamation only applied to the Virginia colony, because Dunmore had no authority conferred upon him anywhere else, a huge number of slaves and otherwise indentured servants from throughout the thirteen […] The post The Birth of the Black Loyalists–November 14, 1775 appeared first on 250 and Counting.