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After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
After returning to war zone, Lafayette was immediately faced with defending [[Richmond, Virgina|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] from [[Benedict Arnold]]. After days of skirmishing, Arnold and [[Charles Cornwallis]] crossed paths and effected a juncture of their units. Now outnumbered, Lafayette was forced to retreat - relying on General [[Anthony Wayne]] to catch up with him and the pursuing Cornwallis. On June 4, 1781 the juncture between Lafayette's and Wayne's army was made, and the now outnumbered Cornwallis was forced to retreat, only to be cut off by Lafayette on September 7, 1781. In [[Yorktown, Virginia|Yorktown]], Virginia, the combined forces of what was now Washington's, Lafayette's, Wayne's and [[Friedrich von Steuben]]'s armies forced Cornwallis to surrender.<ref name="virt" />
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In 1784, after the peace, ''at Washington's invitation, he returned to the United States, and after a visit to Mount Vernon made a journey through the country from Virginia to Massachusetts. On 25 Dec., 1784, he sailed from New York in the French frigate "Nymphe." In 1785 he traveled in Germany. About this time he was deeply interested in the abolition of slavery, and purchased a large plantation in Cayenne, where great numbers of slaves might be educated with a view to gradual emancipation. Washington, Jefferson, and others were interested in this experiment, which it was hoped might furnish an example for imitation in the United States.'' [http://www.marquisdelafayette.net/]
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In 2002, in honor for his services, Lafayette was made an honorary citizen of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|work=Library of Congress|title=CONFERRING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES POSTHUMOUSLY ON MARIE JOSEPH PAUL YVES ROCHE GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE|date=2002-07-19|language=English|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-10-10|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr595&dbname=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/lafayette.html|work=Lucidcafe|title=Lafayette|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
In 2002, in honor for his services, Lafayette was made an honorary citizen of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|work=Library of Congress|title=CONFERRING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES POSTHUMOUSLY ON MARIE JOSEPH PAUL YVES ROCHE GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE|date=2002-07-19|language=English|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-10-10|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr595&dbname=107}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/lafayette.html|work=Lucidcafe|title=Lafayette|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>