Harry Washington (Q491594)
Revision as of 07:51, 18 May 2021 by Seila Gonzalez (talk | contribs) (Added reference to claim: Property:P66: Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Likely born in Senegambia, Harry was enslaved and in 1763 purchased by George Washington. He escaped to join Lord Dunmore's "Ethiopian Regiment" and was subsequently evacuated to Nova Scotia before emigrating to Sierra Leone., #quickstatements; batch #628 by User:Seila Gonzalez)
HC-PER-36591
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Harry Washington
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Statements
Slave
Frontiersman / Pioneer
Loyalist (American Revolution)
Freedman / Freedwoman
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Likely born in Senegambia, Harry was enslaved and in 1763 purchased by George Washington. He escaped to join Lord Dunmore's "Ethiopian Regiment" and was subsequently evacuated to Nova Scotia before emigrating to Sierra Leone.