Periodical Index Detail
Trend & Tradition
Title | A Quest for Freedom: Harry Washington |
Issue | Volume 02, Number 01 (T&T, Winter 2017) |
Description | One of George Washington's black slaves, Harry Washington, came to Virginia from Africa, and after running away in 1775, he joined the British and as a free man traveled from SC to New York to Nova Scotia and eventually back to Africa. His name appears in "The Book of Negroes", which listed 3000 black Loyalists who fought for the British. |
Author | Aron, Paul |
Pages | 82-87 |