By the time Arnold was ready to make his move and hand over the key to West Point to the British, Kosciuszko was 350 miles away in Richmond, Virginia, where he stopped off to deliver correspondence to Gov. Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was helping the Southern Army by funding the construction of boats to transport troops. Kosciuszko had been traveling with Hull, a free black man, and was surprised to learn that the man who wrote that “all men are created equal” owned slaves.
