For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy.
The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...
As the Revolutionary War spread through every region ... Washington barred the further recruitment of black soldiers, despite the fact that they had fought side by side with their white ...
Barracks believed built by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War between 1776 ... chewed on by bored soldiers to help pass the time, but also because the lead had a sweet taste.