African Americans in the American Revolution
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Wurde aktualisiert: 28 Sep 2018
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Boston MassacreDunmore ProclamationCommittee of SafetyThe Black Regiment of Rhode IslandThe Battle of Bunker HillEstablishment of FreetownThe First Book Published by an African-American'The Book of Negroes'200 Black Loyalists Successfully Defend Savannah, GAThe United States Congress formally excluded African Americans from military service, allowing only "free able-bodied white male citizens" to serve.Washington writes a letter to Henry Lee IIISome colonies enacted laws allowing masters to use slaves as substitutes for their sons in battleLexington and ConcordA black petition sent to Massachusetts Council and House of Representatives in favor of equalityBrit. Gen. Samuel Birch issued freedom to two slave who had joined the loyalist causeSir Henry Clinton Proclomation
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