About 250 years ago, Gen. William Whipple and Prince Whipple engaged in distinctly separate struggles for freedom. The general helped lead the fight for independence from a British tyrant, and ...

The story of the general and his enslaved manservant Prince embodies the struggle for independence for all Americans. Whipple, born in Kittery in 1730, had a rather adventurous life.

Despite laws not allowing Black militiamen, Prince Whipple accompanied William Whipple to battles in Saratoga and Rhode Island. Prince Whipple was granted his freedom in 1784, but slavery was not ...