Question

following the battles of lexington and concord, lord dunmore, the royal governor of virginia, issued a proclamation: calling for virginians to join him in freeing their enslaved workforce to fight. promising freedom to defecting, able - bodied enslaved men who would fight for the british. stating that he would free any enslaved person who volunteered to fight for the americans.

Explanation:

Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation calling for Virginians to join him in freeing their enslaved workforce to fight for the British. He promised freedom to defecting, able - bodied enslaved men who would fight for the British. This was a strategic move during the early stages of the American Revolution to gain support and disrupt the American colonial war - effort.

Answer:

B. promising freedom to defecting, able - bodied enslaved men who would fight for the British.