Harry Washington

2/10/2024

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Portion of a painting where George Washington stands at the right wearing black in front of several enslaved men and women who are tending Mt Vernon

When someone says "Washington" and "revolution" in the same sentence, George immediately comes to mind. But there's another Washington that we should know, one that George Washington enslaved. Harry Washington escaped from his enslavement, fought for the British in during the American Revolution, and eventually fought in his own revolution in Sierra Leone. Let's take another look at the American Revolution in this episode of Footnoting History.

Host: Josh

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Further Reading

Paul Aron, "A Quest for Freedom", Colonial Williamsburg, (2020).

Harry Washington, The American Revolution Experience.

Harry Washington Discovery Chart, Museum of the American Revolution.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "George Washington’s Runaway Slave, Harry", PBS.

Richard Johnson, "Henry Washington (ca. 1740 - ca. 1801)", BlackPast, (2007).

Francine Uenuma, "Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom—and Joined the British Army", Smithsonian, (2023).

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)

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