▁during ▁a ▁battle ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 7 ▁with ▁British ▁and ▁H ess ian ▁forces ▁near ▁Fort ▁Mont gom ery ▁in ▁Orange ▁County . ▁He ▁spent ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁in ▁a ▁British ▁prison ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁Pr ison ▁life ▁changed ▁McC la ugh ry ' s ▁attitude ▁about ▁sla very , ▁according ▁to ▁R ut ten ber ▁and ▁Clark . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁prisoners ▁were ▁soon ▁ex changed ▁or ▁par o led , ▁but ▁McC la ugh ry ▁wasn ' t ▁and ▁suffered ▁quite ▁sufficiently ▁to ▁deep en ▁and ▁bro aden ▁his ▁hat red ▁for ▁the ▁English , ▁they ▁wrote . ▁In ▁other ▁words , ▁the ▁British ▁treated ▁McC la ugh ry ▁as ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁slave . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁m alt re at ment , ▁he ▁fre ed ▁all ▁his ▁Neg ro ▁slaves ▁except ▁two ▁females , ▁the ▁R ut ten ber ▁and ▁Clark ▁report ▁continues . ▁The ▁two ▁females ▁were ▁retained ▁for ▁his ▁wife . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁freedom , ▁Col . ▁McC la ugh ry ▁gave ▁them ▁( the ▁former ▁slaves ) ▁ox en , ▁far ming ▁implements , ▁etc . ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁pounds ▁each . ▁Two ▁of ▁the ▁male ▁slaves ▁bore ▁the ▁name ▁Thomas ▁and ▁William ▁McC la ugh ry .... App ar ently ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁kept ▁by ▁several ▁" Color ed " ▁families ▁in ▁the ▁district . ▁They ▁were ▁considered ▁the ▁better ▁class , ▁generally ▁thr