Virginia Governor Lord Dunmore proclaims that slaves who abandon their rebel masters and join the British army can earn their freedom. Dunmore attempts to recruit a loyalist army of both black and white Virginians. He fights a pitched battle at Kemp's Landing and Great Bridge. Unable to hold land, his forces retreat to ships offshore. At the end of 1775, the British also burn and abandon Norfolk.
In South Carolina, patriots attack and scatter loyalist militia around Ninty-Six i the western interior. They also fight with naval forces supporting Royal Governor Campbell in Charleston Harbor. Patriots succeed in forcing the navy to leave the colony as well.
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Episode 102 Cherokee War in the South
Episode 101 The British Land at Staten Island
Episode 100 The Declaration of Independence
Episode 099 Drafting the Declaration
Episode 098 Voting for Independence
Episode 097 A Coup in Philadelphia
Episode 096 The Battle for Sullivan's Island
Episode 095 The Battle of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers)
Episode 094 War at Sea, Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
Episode 093 The Dave Mathews Band Breaks Up
Episode 092 State Constitutions, Part 2
Episode 091 State Constitutions, Part 1
Episode 090 Battle of the Cedars
Episode 089: Washington Moves to New York
Episode 088 British War Plans 1776
Episode 087 Canada Spring 1776
Episode 086 The Evacuation of Boston
Episode 085 Dorchester Heights
Episode 084 The Continental Navy Raids the Bahamas
Episode 083 Continental Congress Winter 1776
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