Ep. 164 James Armistead Lafayette: How an Enslaved Black Man Helped Win Freedom for White Americans
About this episode
The episode explores the crucial role of James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved Black man, in the American victory at Yorktown during the Revolutionary War.
Everyone knows about General George Washington and the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. But, very few people know the circumstances surrounding that surrender. Very few people know about the involvement of an enslaved Black man named James who worked as a double agent during the war, secretly passing information to the Americans while feeding the British false leads. Few people know the risks James took, risks that eventually led to an American victory, risks that stood to gai...
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