John Laurens
American soldier and abolitionist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Laurens was a soldier in the American Revolution who was against slavery and commanded freed slaves in South Carolina but was shot and killed.
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John Laurens was a soldier in the American Revolution who was against slavery and commanded freed slaves in South Carolina but was shot and killed.