Claim: The Gadsden flag was named after Christopher Gadsden, an American general.
Evidence: The flag is named after American general and politician Christopher Gadsden -LRB- 1724 -- 1805 -RRB- , who designed it in 1775 during the American Revolution.
He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , a merchant , a slaveholder and slave trader.