Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_documents
|
| gptkbp:affects |
enslaved African Americans
Patriot slaveholders |
| gptkbp:alternativeName |
Emancipation Proclamation of 1775
|
| gptkbp:contentType |
offered freedom to enslaved people who left Patriot masters and joined the British forces
|
| gptkbp:historicalName |
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Dunmore's Proclamation
|
| gptkbp:issuedBy |
gptkb:John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced later British policies regarding slavery
|
| gptkbp:locationIssued |
gptkb:Virginia
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Virginia_colonial_government
|
| gptkbp:publicationDate |
November 7, 1775
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to declare martial law in Virginia
to encourage enslaved people to join the British army |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
formation of the Ethiopian Regiment
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lord_Dunmore
gptkb:Black_Loyalist gptkb:John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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