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 042: The Coercive Acts
Episode 041: Tea Party Aftermath
Episode 040: The Boston Tea Party
Episode 039: The Politics of Tea
Episode 038: The Green Mountain Boys
Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
Episode 029: The Liberty Riot
Episode 028: Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
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