Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution

Description:

Moore, librarian of the New York Historical Society, discusses the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War -- the wrangling over whether to allow black troops to be armed and to fight, especially in the southern states -- and the formation of black units from both northern and southern colonies.

subjects: African American Participation,  African American troops,  History,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Participation, Afro-American,  United States,  United States. Continental Army,  Armed Forces,  African Americans,  African American soldiers,  African-American soldiers

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865,  Revolution, 1775-1783