Forgotten Voices of the Revolutionary War
People of Color and the Redding Encampment, 1778-1779
by Joseph Mumley As the Continental Army suffered many defeats and casualties in the first few years of the war, they began to recruit African Americans, who were previously barred from enlistment by the Continental Read More …
by Peter Moran The Revolutionary War saw the last racially integrated units fighting for the United States until President Harry Truman and the Korean War. Cuff Freeman was one Black veteran whose surname indicates manumission: Read More …
The Featured Image above depicts the harsh conditions soldiers endured at a Winter Encampment. Photo Credit: John Grafton, The American Revolution A Picture Sourcebook (Dover Publications, Inc: New York,1975), 77. Author: Dana J. Meyer The Read More …
