THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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He was a double agent for the Americans
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He was an American soldier
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He was a double agent for the British
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He was a British soldier
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Detailed explanation-1: -James successfully infiltrated Lt. Gen. Charles, Lord Cornwallis’s Virginia headquarters posing as a runaway slave who was willing to spy on American troops. As a double agent, he was tasked with gathering important details about British plans while also planting false information about the Continental Army .
Detailed explanation-2: -James Armistead Lafayette (born 1748 or 1760 – died 1830 or 1832) was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette, and later received a legislative emancipation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Armistead gained his freedom in 1786 after the Virginia General Assembly recognized his service as a spy and paid his owner. In appreciation of his commander’s support, he adopted his commander’s last name, becoming James Armistead Lafayette.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the war, the marquis de Lafayette attested in writing to James Lafayette’s service, and the former spy petitioned the General Assembly for his freedom, which was granted in 1787. Around this time he took the surname Lafayette. Late in 1818 Lafayette petitioned for and won a military pension.