free that are able and willing to bear arms..." Response from the colonists was immediate. Newspapers published the proclamation in full, and patrols on land and water were intensified.

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A: The Virginia colonists reacted to Dunmore's Proclamation with a proclamation of their own, to their slaves, which pointed out that Dunmore's Proclamation applied only to the slaves of Patriot ...