# James Armistead Lafayette

> James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette, and later received a legislative emancipation. As a double agent, he reported the activities of Benedict Arnold after he had defected to the British and of Lord Charles Cornwallis during the run-up to the siege of Yorktown. He fed the British false information while disclosing very accurate and detailed accounts to the Americans.

*African American double agent for American rebels in the American Revolutionary War*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-armistead-lafayette

## Identity
- **Born:** 1748
- **Died:** 1830-08-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette)
- [جيمس أرميستاد لافاييت](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA)
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette)
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette)
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette)
- [James Armistead Lafayette](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Armistead_Lafayette)
- [ジェームズ・アーミステッド・ラファイエット](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%83%88)
- [Армистед Лафайет, Джеймс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6128823)

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