Episode 59
E59: Patrick H. Hannum: Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution · Dispatches
March 29, 202022m 28s
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Show Notes
This week our guest is Professor Patrick H. Hannum. As the Revolution began to spread throughout the American Colonies, Governor John Murray, Lord Dunmore, made an astonishing proclamation. Any black man that joined the royal ranks, and their family, would be free. While this gesture is celebrated today for many Virginians at the time it fundamentally changed the nature of the conflict. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.