List of slaves returned from British, 1781

Item — Box: 7, Folder: 1781.00.00

Identifier: RM-770; MS-5084

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List of slaves returned from British, 1781

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Scope and Contents

D.S. 1 page. List of Slaves Returned by the British Army. The list of slaves shows those who left with the British Ship the HMS Savage after it stopped about Mount Vernon. The slaves are individually described. They were taken from George Washington by Captain Richard Graves in 1781. On reverse: "A list of General Washington negroes that went to the British, 1781." Signed by Lund Washington.

Dates

Creation: 1781

Creator

Washington, Lund, 1737-1796 (Person)

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