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Some of the founders fought the British to PRESERVE slavery, that the Brits had abolished by 1776. It was coming to THEIR colony! en.wikipedia.org Dunmore's Proclamation, also known as Dunmore's "Emancipation Proclamation," [1] is a historical document signed on November 7, 1775, by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, royal governor of the British Colony of Virginia. The proclamation declared martial law [2] and promised freedom for slaves of American revolutionaries who left their owners and joined the royal forces. Formally proclaimed on November 14, its publication prompted a flood of slaves (from both patriot and loyalist owners) to run away and enlist with Dunmore; during the course of the war, between 80,000 to 100,000 slaves escaped from the plantations. [3] *It also raised a furor among Virginia's slave-owning elites* (again of both political persuasions), to whom the possibility of a slave rebellion was a major fear. The proclamation ultimately failed in meeting Dunmore's objectives; he was forced out of the colony in 1776, taking about 300 former slaves with him. *The proclamation can be considered part of a larger trend of Great Britain fighting against slavery and racial inequality, some other examples of which are Somerset v Stewart* and the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor. In addition, the British raised several regiments of black soldiers during the American Revolution.

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