Tag: Fort Necessity

Posted on June 25, 2024

A Second Fight for Freedom: The enslaved of Dr. James Craik, Chief Physician

As Founding Fathers of the United States met in Philadelphia to declare that “all men are created equal,” Thomas Craik Jr. was born into a family of people enslaved by Dr. James Craik on his Maryland plantations.[1] This was not unusual at the time; many of the colonial landed gentry relied upon slave labor to […]

by Michael M. Wood

Posted on November 23, 2021November 21, 2021

Major Robert Rogers and the American Revolution

After his exploits during the French and Indian War, Robert Rogers (1732-1795) was indisputably the most famous military leader born in the thirteen colonies; however, he played only a cameo role in the Revolution because both the British and American commanders-in-chief, Thomas Gage and George Washington, not only scorned him but actually arrested him for […]

by Scott M. Smith