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Slaves aid the British in the Revolutionary War...
Slaves aid the British in the Revolutionary War...
Item # 701157
October 27, 1779
CALEDONIAN MERCURY, Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 27, 1779 Page 3 has a letter from New York which includes: "The march of a detachment of the royal army to the vicinity of Charlestown, it is said, occasioned a great number of negroes, little short of 4000, to go over to the British troops; vast quantities of provisions and a great many plantations were destroyed so that the rebels feel a very heavy loss for that enterprize...".
Four pages, nice condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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