Harry Washington (Q491594)
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HC-PER-36591
- HC-PER-36591
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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Harry Washington
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HC-PER-36591
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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.