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When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story: Gertrude Bustill Mossell
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Read MoreFinding Freedom: London - Portrait of General Sir Henry Clinton
In 1779, British General Sir Henry Clinton’s Philipsburg Proclamation offered protection to any enslaved people owned by American rebels who fled to the British lines in search of freedom. This was broader than Virginia Royal Governor Lord Dunmore's 1775 proclamation, which only applied to enslaved men who joined the British forces to fight for the King.
The Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C.
Finding Freedom: London - Portrait of Brigadier General Benedict Arnold
London served as a trumpeter in the American Legion, a Loyalist force formed by British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. This portrait by an unknown artist shows Arnold in his British Army uniform. In the fall of 1780, just a few months before London joined the American Legion, Benedict Arnold infamously defected from the Continental Army and joined the British.
Courtesy of Clive Hammond