4th Earl of Dunmore

hatred towards their owners, they only wanted to have a life where they weren’t treated as possessions. In the article, “Fighting... Maybe for Freedom, but probably not,” the author states “British commanders other than Dunmore encouraged rebel slaves to run away, and run away they did.” The slaves ran away from their owners whenever they got a chance even if it meant betraying their owners and joining the other side of the war and joining the British army. This shows how the slaves would do anything to get freedom which meant being free from the shackles of slavery to them. In the book, Chains, the author states “You are a slave, not a person. They’ll say things in front of you they won’t say in front of white servants. ‘Cause you don’t count to them.” This quote shows how slaves were treated as possessions. Slaves desired to be their own person and not be forced to follow someone’s orders all their lives. In the article, “Dunmore's Proclamation: A Time to Choose,” it states “When a slave, owned by Robert Brent of Northern Neck, escaped, Brent noted that the slave's action "was long premeditated." Brent also noted that the slave's escape "was from no cause of complaint . . . but from a determined resolution to get liberty, as he conceived, by flying to lord Dunmore." This shows how slaves didn’t run away because they were…

The experience of the Revolution differs for free and enslaved blacks by the free being able to fight in the Revolutionary War and the enslaved still not being free. The experience of the Revolution differs for free and enslaved blacks in the North and South by the North being freer than the South. There were many essential documents from this time period. Andrew Estave, Letter in the Virginia Gazette, July 20, 1775. John Murray, Lord Dunmore, A Proclamation, November 7, 1775. John…