James Armistead Lafayette

Close Read Passage, 314 words, Biography (nonfiction), Level W (Grade 4), Lexile 860L

James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved man who became a spy for the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. The information he obtained helped the Patriots defeat the British in the Battle of Yorktown—one of the most important battles of the war.

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