# Cornwallis — The American Crisis character guide

> Cornwallis in The American Crisis by Thomas Paine.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cornwallis

**First appearance:** 0015-the-crisis-xi-on-the-present-state-of-news

## Who they are

British general who surrendered at Yorktown.

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