A: When war comes and blood is being shed and casualties are being experienced, you really have to start looking for manpower. And by now, it is known that slaves can be soldiers. Free black men ...

As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, historians are looking deeper into the roots of the nation’s ...

A parcel of land on an existing Revolutionary War battlefield in Eutawville is being developed into a park to be named after a Revolutionary War soldier and freed African American slave Jim Capers.

After the Revolutionary War, Black Americans were virtually excluded ... Austin III's reflections on the death of Colin Powell In 2020, Black Soldiers comprised approximately 21% of the active ...

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 ...

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to present “Discovering the Frank Brothers” on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 7:00 ...

Another touch of authenticity: As was true during the Revolution, soldiers are often ... participation of women and Black people in the Revolutionary War, says that young people tend to be more ...

Saturday will mark 160 years since more than 20 Black Civil War soldiers fighting for the Union were massacred in ...

Rees, who floats among several reenactment groups in the region, has previously written about the overlooked participation of women and Black ... the typical Revolutionary War soldier back then ...