Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation
a. stating that he would free his own slaves, along with all female, young, and elderly slaves who would fight for the British
b. promising freedom to defecting, able-bodied slaves who would fight for the British
c. stating that any slave caught fighting for the British would be hanged immediately
d. stating that all Virginians should join him in freeing their slaves so they could fight for the British