# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-lee-q1647292
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:13:21.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-lee-q1647292"
name: "William Lee"
slug: "william-lee-q1647292"
description: "William Lee was an enslaved American man and personal assistant of George Washington. He was the only one of Washington's slaves who was freed immediately by Washington's will. With his service by Washington's side throughout the American Revolutionary War and occasional depiction next to Washington in paintings, Lee was one of the most publicized African Americans of his time."
tagline: "George Washington's slave (1750-1828)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Billy_Lee_1780.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1750"
deathDate: "1828"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.23
  momentum:             5.173240844981784
  historical:           6.591021333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E6%9D%8E"
    title: "威廉·李"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام لي (عامل منزلي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(Sklave)"
    title: "William Lee (Sklave)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(valet)"
    title: "William Lee (valet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(orja)"
    title: "William Lee (orja)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%9C%D7%99_(%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%93)"
    title: "ויליאם לי (עבד)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "უილიამ ლი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647292"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump