ESPIONAGE AND ENSLAVEMENT IN THE REVOLUTION: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth

In January 1785, a young African American woman named Elizabeth was put on board the Lucretia bound for Charleston, to be sold to her fifth master. She had little hope of ever seeing her little child again. Robert Townsend located her child and returned her home. She had no idea Townsend was Washington's most trusted spy. Photos.