RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — One of Virginia’s Revolutionary War heroes began his path to espionage at a New Kent County plantation. “When you think about the American Revolution, you think about the usual ...
As the Hermione replica docks in Yorktown on Friday, a different piece of history arrives at Yorktown Victory Center. “Slave Spy: The Story of James Lafayette” depicts the experiences of James ...
Enslaved spy, James Armistead Lafayette risks all helping secure victory at Yorktown. James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved man turned double agent, risked his life to spy on the British, delivering ...
Before there was James Bond, there was James Armistead — who incidentally acted as a double agent against the British during the American Revolution. He was born into slavery on a plantation in ...
James Armistead’s life would make a great movie. Under Lafayette, the French general who helped the American colonists fight for their freedom, he infiltrated the British army as a spy near the end of ...
NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory in the Revolutionary War, an American patriot will finally have a monument ...
NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory in the Revolutionary War, an American patriot will finally have a monument ...
As Georgia commemorates the bicentennial of General Marquis de Lafayette’s grand tour of the United States, it is imperative to honor not only the celebrated French general but also the unsung African ...
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