Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution
By: by George H. Moore.
Contributors: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress); Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Charles T. Evans
Published: 1862
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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.