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Black Loyalists
Haitian Soldiers/Battle of Savannah
Battle of Great Bridge
Royal Ethiopian Regiment
Black Patriots
First Rhode Island Regiment
Bunker Hill
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
Verger, Jean Baptiste Antoine De, Artist. Soldiers in Uniform. [Williamsburg, Virginia: publisher not identified, to 1784] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669876/>.
Historical Figures
James Forten
Prince Estabrook
Titus Cornelius
Peter Salem
Salem Poor John Chavis
John Chavis
James Hemings
Colonel Joseph Louis Cook
Wentworth Cheswell
Jack Sisson
Ona “Oney” Judge
Jocko Graves
William Lee
Jacob Francis
Charles Lewis
Hannah Archer Till
Cyrus Tiffany
Cato Howe
André Rigaud
Jean-Baptiste Belley-Mars
Boston King
Thomas Peters
Dinah Whipple
David George
Belinda Royall
Colonel Tye
Stephen Blucke
Agrippa Hull
Prince Whipple
Prince Mortimer
Paul Cuffe Sr.
John Provey
Crispus Attucks
From The New York Public Library
Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin.
African American Involvement in the Revolutionary War
This page highlights scholarly resources for researching the involvement of African Americans in the American Revolutionary War. These materials are intended to support academic study of the historical roles individuals of African descent played during this period, including their participation in military service, the varied paths to freedom, and the broader impact of the war on enslaved and free communities.
By examining both primary and secondary sources, researchers can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the Revolutionary era and investigate how African American experiences contribute to a fuller analysis of the founding of the United States.
Recommended Non-Fiction
Open Access Resources
The Revolutionary War and African Americans - Oxford Bibliographies
Remembrance of Noble Actions: African Americans And Native Americans In The Revolutionary War - DAR
Massachusetts Historical Society: African Americans and the End of Slavery in Massachusetts
Blacks in the Revolutionary Era, 1776-1789
Underreported and Under Commemorated – The Impact of African-Americans in the American Revolution
African Americans and the Revolution
Military Conflict – American Revolution
For Blacks, There Was No Clear Choice
Revolutionary Participation - Massachusetts Historical Society
Primary Sources
Recommended Databases
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Slavery, Abolition and Social JusticeThis resource is designed as an important portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering an extensive time period, between 1490 and 2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. This collection includes a number of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, and maps produced during the revolutionary period.
