Murray Starts Mass Emancipation Of Slaves
November 07 1775

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John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.
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Dunmore's Proclamationexternal
Colony of Virginiaexternal
Royal Governor of Virginiaexternal
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmoreexternal
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