Back جيمس أرميستاد لافاييت Arabic James Armistead Lafayette Spanish James Armistead Lafayette French James Armistead Lafayette Hungarian ジェームズ・アーミステッド・ラファイエット Japanese Армистед Лафайет, Джеймс Russian James Armistead Lafayette SIMPLE
James Armistead Lafayette | |
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| Born | James Armistead 1748 or 1760 |
| Died | 1830 or 1832 (aged 70–84) Baltimore or Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
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| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service branch | Continental Army |
| Service years | 1781–1783 |
James Armistead Lafayette (born 1748[1] or 1760[2] – died 1830[1] or 1832)[2] was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette, and later received a legislative emancipation.[3][4] As a double agent, he reported the activities of Benedict Arnold after he had defected to the British, and of Lord Charles Cornwallis during the run-up to the siege of Yorktown. He fed the British false information while disclosing very accurate and detailed accounts to the Americans.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Virginiawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Quinn, Ruth (January 31, 2014). "James Armistead Lafayette, (1760–1832)". United States Army. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ Staff. "James Lafayette (ca. 1748–1830)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities/Library of Virginia. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ^ Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1976). The Crisis. Vol. 83–84. Crisis Publishing Company. p. 364.