Title: 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
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783