African Americans (American Revolution)

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African Americans Sites:

"Deeds of Desperate Valor": The First Rhode Island Regiment "Deeds of Desperate Valor": The First Rhode Island Regiment: Gretchen Adams, from the University of New Hampshire, writes about the courage of the African-Americans in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment. (African Americans) http://www.revolution.h-net.msu.edu/essays/adams2.html William Cooper Nell, 1816-1874. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans. William Cooper Nell, 1816-1874. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution: With Sketches of Several Distinguished Colored Persons: To Which is Added a Brief Survey of the Condition and Prospects of Colored Americans.: Transcription of William Cooper Nell's 1855 historical text that details the black patriots. Hypertext and SGML, illustrations, and biographical sketches available. Housed at the Documenting the American South project, UNC-Chapel Hill. (African Americans) http://docsouth.unc.edu/nell/menu.html Seacoast NH Black History Seacoast NH Black History: African American patriots of the American Revolution. (African Americans) http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/patriots.html The Revolution's Black Soldiers The Revolution's Black Soldiers: A history of black soldiers in the American Revolution. (African Americans) http://americanrevolution.org/blk.html Lemuel Haynes Lemuel Haynes: White House biography of the Revolutionary War patriot and the first black preacher to minister to a white church. (African Americans) http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/lemuelhaynes.html The Black Patriots Foundation The Black Patriots Foundation: A foundation honoring black patriots of the American Revolution. Includes photos and information about the Black Patriots Memorial, the commemorative coin, and a history of the role that black patriots played in the American Revolution. (African Americans) http://www.blackpatriots.org/ Georgia's Black Revolutionary Patriots Georgia's Black Revolutionary Patriots: Essay by Carole Scott devoted to the black soldiers who fought in the British and Continental armies, with sources. (African Americans) http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cescott/dabney.html Africans in America: Black Revolutionary Seamen Africans in America: Black Revolutionary Seamen: Overview of the role of African Americans, slave and free, in the navies of both sides during the American Revolution. From the PBS series. (African Americans) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p51.html