Given your speed and accuracy in responding to that post, I have a sneaking suspicion you were the Freeper who originally educated me about Dunmore’s Proclamation...
I am a history buff, but I concentrate more on some aspects/times of history than others, and this was a piece I had been oddly aware of until a Freeper brought it up in a thread.
It is those types of things that keep me a paying member of FR...:)
I’m a big fan of revolution era history. I find both friends and foes of the period to be fascinating.
Robert Rogers and John Graves Simcoe are among my favorites. Simcoe was a ruthless and brutal foe known for massacres of patriots at the same time he was a staunch abolitionist. The “Turn” TV series showed him writing a love letter to Anna Strong but historically he is believed to have written the first known Valentines day card to Anna Strong’s sister. He’s a big hero in Canada where every town has schools and streets named after him.
You can learn a lot here. Some of our fellow freepers are worth listening to, while some others are not.