James Lafayette (Q491056)
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James Lafayette
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Statements
Slave
Patriot (American Revolution)
Spy
Born Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. Born James Armistead, he became a spy during the American Revolutionary War on behalf of the Americans and, once free, renamed himself in honor of the French Marquis de Lafayette.