About 1,000 African Americans fought on the side of the Colonists during the Revolutionary War. Another 500 fought on the British side of the war. There were also many more who enlisted in the navy for each side.
Figures on the exact numbers of Blacks fighting in the American Revolution are often disputed.
African Americans were involved in the Revolutionary War as soldiers and sailors. They fought for freedom. Both slaves and free African Americans joined the fight.
Approximately 5,000 Black Americans fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.
Americans because the Americans said they'd free slaves who fought in the war after the war.
African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.
African-Americans have fought in every American war including the Revolutionary War. Runaway slaves were promised freedom if they fought for the British army.
Black soldiers fought for American freedom but were not completely free themselves.
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The movie Glory depicts Black Union infantry during the Civil war. The name "Buffalo Soldiers" was given to Black Cavalry by the Native Americans against whom they fought during the "Indian Wars" of the 1870s.Therefore Glory is not any sort of depiction of Buffalo Soldiers.
The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.
About ten percent of the American soldiers were black.
African Americans fought in segregated units on the home front. Black people distinguished themselves on the battlefield. Serious failures in race relations, however, undercut these accomplishments. Race riots instigated by whites broke out on military bases, and white civilians assaulted black soldiers and soldiers throughout the south.This caused the African Americans to wonder what they were fighting for.
African Americans helped the Union a great deal. Its most important contribution was joining the Union army. As many as 150,000 Black troops fought for the Union in the war.