National Archives July 4 2021: James Armistead Lafayette
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 04/07/2021

Patrick Madden moderates a conversation with James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved man whose services to the Continental Army as a spy resulted in victory on the final Battle of Yorktown and the surrender of British General Cornwallis. Join us to hear why Lafayette's battle for freedom didn't end with the Revolution.


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