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Governor Joseph Wanton opposed creating an army of observation in this colony, which would have included the future “Black Regiment” instrumental in the defense of Fort Mercer. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this colony whose 1st Regiment was the first to directly enlist enslaved people with a promise of freedom. Christopher and Nathanael Greene were Continental Army commanders from this colony.
ANSWER: Rhode Island [or Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]
[10e] This Governor of Virginia issued a proclamation promising to liberate slaves who fought for the British. This “Lord” supported campaigns against the Shawnee in Ohio as part of his namesake war.
ANSWER: Lord Dunmore [or John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore; accept Lord Dunmore’s War; accept Dunmore’s Proclamation]
[10h] Many of the enslaved British fighters were listed in the Book of Negroes at the behest of this British commander. He ensured several thousand soldiers were evacuated to Nova Scotia and freed.
ANSWER: Guy Carleton [or Lord Dorchester; or Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester]
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Arizona StateRutgers0000
MichiganBrown010010
Chicago BNorth Carolina A010010
Chicago CChicago D010010
VirginiaClaremont Colleges0000
PurdueCornell A010010
Cornell BVanderbilt010010
DukeFlorida010010
Johns HopkinsGeorgia Tech010010
HarvardSouth Carolina0000
IllinoisToronto A010010
Columbia AIndiana010010
Minnesota BKentucky010010
Berkeley AMaryland010010
Berkeley BMcGill010010
NYUIowa State010010
North Carolina BTruman State1010020
NorthwesternYale A010010
OttawaToronto B100010
Chicago AStanford1010020
WUSTL ATexas1010020
WUSTL BPenn0000
WaterlooMinnesota A1010020
Yale BColumbia B010010