John Allen Farm Massacre

1777 CE.

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The John Allen Farm massacre occurred in South Argyle, Washington County, New York, on 25 or 26 July 1777 during the advancement of the British army in the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Six members of the John Allen family and two or three enslaved servants loaned to the Allens were killed by Native Americans attached to General John Burgoyne's British troops. Shortly thereafter, on 27 July, Native Americans led by the warrior Le Loup attacked and killed Jane McCrea in nearby Fort Edward, which garnered publicity in newspapers along the eastern seaboard of America and is believed to have helped rally locals to the American patriotic cause.

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