Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation

Glossary

• indented servants indentured servants, that is, servants bound to their master for a term of years, after which they are released
• Liege bound by obligation; faithful, loyal
• Lieutenant literally, “one who holds the place of,” in this instance, of the king of England; the king's representative
• Quit-rents a land tax imposed on owned or leased land by the landowning authority, usually the government
• Sixteenth year of His Majesty's reign 1775, the sixteenth year of the reign of George III of England, who assumed the throne in 1760
• Tenders generally, small ships or boats used to attend other ships and supply them with provisions