Database: George Davidson

Abstergo

George Davidson was a slave of African descent born in 1752. He was one of four slaves owned by Quaker John Cornelius (another being Titus Cornelius, more famous as "Colonel Tye"). He escaped slavery with the help of Madeleine de L'Isle.

In 1775, when George was 21, Lord John Murray Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation offering freedom to any slave who would join the Loyalist forces. George reunited with Titus to fight against their former owner.

He died in 1777, in New York.

Erudito

George Davidson was a slave of African descent born in 1752. He was one of four slaves owned by Quaker John Cornelius (another being Titus Cornelius, more famous as "Colonel Tye"). He escaped slavery with the help of Madeleine de L'Isle, AFTER VOWING TO SERVE THE TEMPLAR ORDER.

In 1775, when George was 21, Lord John Murray Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation offering freedom to any slave who would join Loyalist forces. George reunited with Titus to fight against their former owner.

He died, AT THE handS OF AVELINE DE GRANDPRÉ, in 1777, in New York.