5. VIRGINIA - Reevaluating Lord Dunmore In Revolutionary Virginia - ANDREW LAWLER (HOUR 1) 102226

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Reevaluating Lord Dunmore In Revolutionary Virginia
Andrew Lawler, author of A Perfect Frenzy: What You Don’t Know About the American Revolution: Lawler discusses Lord Dunmore, Virginia’s last royal governor, whose escalation with colonial planters stemmed from western land speculation rather than tea taxes. Following a gunpowder dispute, Dunmore issued a historic emancipation proclamation granting freedom to enslaved individuals joining British forces, dramatically reshaping military recruitment dynamics across revolutionary American colonies. (5)