Paths to Freedom: African Americans and the Revolutionary War Glossary
Glossary terms are listed in the order in which they appear.
| Execrations | Something that is detested or hated. |
| Standard | Flag or side one supports in a conflict. |
| Forfeiture | Loss |
| Rebel | Patriot fighting the British. |
| Rebel Standard | Patriot flag or side of the fight. |
| Valet | A personal male servant responsible for clothing and appearance. |
| Mulatto | A person of mixed Black and white race. |
| Victuals [food] and clothes he has been accustomed to receive | By law, enslaved were required to receive food and clothing from their slaveholders. |
| Chuses | Chooses |
| Aforesaid | As discussed above |
| Emancipated | Freed |
| Bondage | Enslavement |
| Lord Cornwallis | Charles Cornwallis, a British general who surrendered in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Marquiss Lafayette | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Layfayette, a French aristocrat, ally, and military leader during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Inclosures | Enclosed documents or attachments to the petition. |
| Annexed | Attached or included with this petition |
| Intreats | Entreats or asks |
| Execrations | Something that is detested or hated. |
| Standard | Flag or side one supports in a conflict. |
| Forfeiture | Loss |
| Rebel | Patriot fighting the British. |
