By November 14, 1775, when John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia, issued his proclamation, his plan to offer freedom to slaves who would leave their patriot masters and join ...

A: In many ways, Dunmore's Proclamation was a turning point in relations with plantation colonies of the South. It was a turning point, I think, between enslaved people and their owners ...

As a boy, Lawler had been taught that Dunmore, the last royal governor ... and eventually contributed to the Emancipation Proclamation. Lawler has written for national publications, including ...