Table of Contents James Armistead Helps at the Battle of Yorktown Shirley Chisholm Gets Elected to Congress Polly Cooper Saves American troops John R Fox Sacrifices Himself for His Country 10 Sybil Ludington Makes Her Own Midnight Ride 12 Frances Perkins Helps FDR Pass the New Deal 14 Casimir Pulaski Father of the American Cavalry 16 Jeannette Rankin Takes a stand for Peace 18 Bass Reeves Helps Tame the Wild West 20 Robert Smalls Captures a Southern Ship 22 Elizabeth Van Lew Spies for the Union 24 Victoria Woodhull Runs for President 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the
James Armistead Helps at the Battle of Yorktown Many black soldiers fought in the American Revolution Some of them were free and some were enslaved Both the American and British sides also used slaves as spies James Armistead was one of these spies The British thought he was working for them But Armistead was really working for the Americans He gave the British all the wrong information Armistead was born into slavery in 1760 When the revolution came Armistead holds the reins of Lafayette's horse he joined the American side He had to get his owner's permission to serve He was assigned to the Marquis de Lafayette Lafayette was a French military But he soon saw Armistead's ability officer on the American side of to be a convincing spy the war Lafayette first used Armistead posed as a runaway Armistead as a messenger slave He knew the Virginia
40 Amount that Armistead was awarded per year for his services during the war Armistead was a slave who served the American side of the American Revolution Posing as a runaway slave he gathered important strategy from the British side The information Armistead gathered was used to win the Battle of Armistead's Yorktown Armistead helped help was American forces critical in win the Battle of countryside well The British winning this Yorktown needed guidance there The British important officers suspected nothing and battle Despite freely discussed strategy in front of his role in helping the Armistead Armistead reported all of American troops he was not freed this back to Lafayette from slavery until 1787 Armistead In July 1781 Armistead learned that was grateful to Lafayette and added 10 000 British troops were heading that name onto his He went by to Yorktown Virginia Lafayette told James Armistead Lafayette for the George Washington Washington rest of his life He farmed in Virginia concentrated his forces on the town until he passed away at the age The Americans were able to halt the of 72 British forces and win the Battle of Yorktown By October the British surrendered
