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Plantations may be the most obvious destinations tied to slavery, ... James Armistead Lafayette, whose service to the Continental Army, while enslaved, helped ensure victory at the critical Battle ...
James Armistead Lafayette (1748 [1] or 1760 [2] — 1830 [1] or 1832) [2] 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.
Bringing Americans together as the Marquis de Lafayette did would be unlikely in 2024, but the country can still learn from his story.
The Lafayette Memorial is a public memorial located in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in New York City.The memorial, designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1917 and consists of a bas-relief of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette alongside a groom (speculated by some historians to be James Armistead Lafayette) and a horse.
Lafayette left France on the American merchant vessel Cadmus, on July 13, 1824, and his tour began on August 15, 1824, when he arrived at Staten Island, New York.He toured the Northern and Eastern United States in the fall of 1824, including stops at Monticello to visit Thomas Jefferson and Washington, D.C., where he was received at the White House by President James Monroe.
Today, as “The 1619 Project” lives a new life as a series on Hulu (with Hannah-Jones as star/narrator and a producer), its architect still can’t quite believe it all.
Black Patriots were African Americans who sided with the colonists who opposed British rule during the American Revolution.The term Black Patriots includes, but is not limited to, the 5,000 or more African Americans who served in the Continental Army and Patriot militias during the American Revolutionary War.
A story provided by the Tippecanoe County Historical Association about the day Lafayette residents rioted against abolitionists and African Americans.