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Billy (born c. 1754) was an enslaved man from Virginia who was charged with treason during the American Revolution. (en.wikipedia.org)
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He was pardoned in 1781 after a letter was written arguing that, as a slave, he was not a citizen and thus could not commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance.

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