African Americans in the Revolutionary WarCitadel Press, 2005 - Počet stran: 239 In this fascinating and enlightening work, military historian Michael Lee Lanning reveals the little-known, critical, and heroic role African Americans played in the American Revolution, serving in integrated units--a situation that wouldn't exist again until the Korean War more than 150 years later. |
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AfricanAmerican Heroes of the Revolution | 3 |
PreRevolution Colonial America | 22 |
On the Verge of Revolution | 35 |
Enlist No Stroller Negro or Vagabond | 42 |
Liberty to SlavesLord Dunmores Ethiopian Regiment | 50 |
Opening the Ranks | 60 |
AllBlack Units | 73 |
U S Navy and Marine Corps | 87 |
The Fate of the Black Loyalists | 153 |
Abolition and the Revolution | 163 |
Numbers Influence Results | 176 |
A Important Dates in AfricanAmerican Participation in the Revolutionary War | 185 |
B Slave Codes | 189 |
1760 1770 1780 | 197 |
Estimated Black Population 1760 1770 1780 | 198 |
E The Deleted Clause of the Declaration of Independence | 199 |
Daily Military Life During the Revolution | 97 |
Behind the Lines | 120 |
Great Britain and African Americans | 131 |
Black Men in Redcoats | 139 |
F Lord Dunmores Proclamation | 200 |
Lord Dunmores Letter to Sir Henry Clinton 1782 | 214 |
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