This print of a painting by John Trumbull shows Black soldier Peter Salem, right, at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was credited with shooting and killing British officer John Pitcairn at that battle, ...
The restored portrait of Private Thomas James being installed at the National Army Museum. Courtesy of the National Army Museum The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that ...
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The Surprising Pro-Slavery Reason Why George Washington Rejected Black Soldiers During the Revolutionary War
“I think he was alert to the ways that it could end up eroding the institution,” says historian Christopher Brown George Washington has long been highly regarded as the father of his country. It's ...
FAMILIES WHO LIVED THERE AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BLACK HISTORY AND ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF BLACK HISTORY. SOME OF THAT HISTORY CAN BE FOUND ...
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