Dunmore's Proclamation

Target entity: Dunmore's Proclamation
Context triple: [Lord Dunmore, notableWork, Dunmore's Proclamation]

• A. Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
  The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is a controversial, possibly apocryphal 1775 document said to have proclaimed independence from Britain in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, more than a year before the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
• B. May Declaration
  The May Declaration was a 1917 political statement by South Slavic representatives in the Austro-Hungarian Empire calling for the unification of South Slavs into a single state.
• C. The Freeman’s Oath (broadside)
  The Freeman’s Oath (broadside) is an early 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony printed document that set out the loyalty oath required of male settlers, notable as one of the first items produced by the American colonial press.
• D. Newburgh Address
  The Newburgh Address was a 1783 speech by George Washington to his officers that defused a potential military revolt and reaffirmed civilian control over the U.S. government.
• E. North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves
  North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves were a 1776 resolution by the colony’s delegates calling for independence from Britain, making North Carolina the first colony to officially support a break with the Crown.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Dunmore's Proclamation
Target entity description: Dunmore's Proclamation was a 1775 edict by Virginia’s royal governor offering freedom to enslaved people who joined the British forces during the American Revolutionary War, significantly escalating tensions with the colonists.

• A. Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
  The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is a controversial, possibly apocryphal 1775 document said to have proclaimed independence from Britain in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, more than a year before the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
• B. May Declaration
  The May Declaration was a 1917 political statement by South Slavic representatives in the Austro-Hungarian Empire calling for the unification of South Slavs into a single state.
• C. The Freeman’s Oath (broadside)
  The Freeman’s Oath (broadside) is an early 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony printed document that set out the loyalty oath required of male settlers, notable as one of the first items produced by the American colonial press.
• D. Newburgh Address
  The Newburgh Address was a 1783 speech by George Washington to his officers that defused a potential military revolt and reaffirmed civilian control over the U.S. government.
• E. North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves
  North Carolina’s Halifax Resolves were a 1776 resolution by the colony’s delegates calling for independence from Britain, making North Carolina the first colony to officially support a break with the Crown.
• F. None of above. chosen