John Laurens
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John Laurens was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldi
Portrait miniature by Charles Willson Peale, 1780
Headquarters at Emlen House in late 1777
Anthony Ramos in Hamilton costume, July 2015
Henry Laurens
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Henry Laurens was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Contine
John Laurens
…Laurens was killed in the Battle of the Combahee River in August 1782. John Laurens was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 28, 1754, to Henry Laurens and Eleanor Ball Laurens, both of whose families were prosperous as planters cultivating rice. He had French heritage and spoke the language fluently…
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1781
Portrait of Henry Laurens by John Singleton Copley, 1782
Treaty of Paris, 1783 painting by Benjamin West (left to right: John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Laurens, and William Temple Franklin)