Philipsburg Proclamation

Philipsburg Proclamation
1777 portrait of Clinton by John Smart
Created30 June 1779
AuthorGeneral Sir Henry Clinton
PurposeTo encourage specific slaves to run away and enlist in the British Armed Forces

The Philipsburg Proclamation was issued by British Army General Sir Henry Clinton on 30 June 1779 to encourage patriot-owned slaves to run away and enlist in the Royal Forces. The proclamation, now a historical document, followed after Dunmore's Proclamation in 1775 and the establishment of the Royal Ethiopian Regiment in Virginia.

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