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How many black soldiers fought for the Americans in the revolutionary war?
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∙ 14y ago
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.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 10y agoNot many "fought" since most blacks were not assigned to combat units. All combat Army and Marine units were segregated until 1949 (after WWII). The vast majority of blacks in the military during the WWII years were laborers in US Army construction battalions, who built rear area camps and roads, far from any combat action.
The USMC had very few blacks, and most of those were in transportation or support roles. The USAF also had very few blacks except for a couple fighter units (with 20 pilots each) -- The Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron, the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Medium Bombardment Group. The USN only allowed blacks to serve in 3 jobs, cooks, messmen or laundry workers.
There were a couple of black tank destroyer units that were a part of Patton's 3rd Army (761st "Black Panthers" and the 614th), numbering maybe 1,500 in total. The only black infantry unit to see action in Europe was the 92 Infantry Division ("Buffalo Soldiers") as part of the Fifth Army, which was mainly in Italy and Northern Africa.
Towards the end of the war, General Dwight D. Eisenhower temporarily desegregated the Army to face Hitler's advancing army on the Western Front. About 2,000 black soldiers volunteered. All in all, a few thousand blacks "fought", or saw combat action, in WWII. Given these numbers but the lack of concrete data, one can extrapolate that of the approximate 300,000 Americans that died in WWII, only a few hundred of those were black.
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∙ 16y agoAnswer I don't know the total for the entire war but here are totals as of June 1944: 698,911. Breakdown as follows:
Infantry 44,869
Coast and Field Artillery 38,517
Cavlary 1,473
Engineers 128,789
Air Corps 79,027
all other branches 406,236 5,957 Officers: 102 Dental, 213 Nurses, 508 medical corps officers and 239 Chaplains. Source: Yank Magazine dated 29 Sept 1944
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∙ 14y agoThey were mostly on the British side, since the British offered them their freedom AND to pay them a small amount of money if they fought with them. I have no exact number however, I do have one officer- I think his name was Peter Salem. There is also another black officer whose name has currently slipped my mind. Hope this helps.
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∙ 7y agoThe exact number of African Americans who fought for either side in the American Revolutionary War is difficult to discern. One reliable source has as many as 5,000 Blacks fighting on the side of the American Rebels.
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∙ 11y agoYes, over 5000 fought in the Continental Army, and 2000 in the British Army.
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What did black soldiers do in Revolutionary War?
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.
What was the approximate number of Afro-Americans who fought for American Independence in the American Revolutionary War?
Approximately 5,000 Black Americans fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.
What side did the black groups choose during the revolutionary war?
Americans because the Americans said they'd free slaves who fought in the war after the war.
Who was the first black American to join the 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.
Who was the first black person to join the American 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.
What was the irony of black soldiers returning to racism?
Black soldiers fought for American freedom but were not completely free themselves.
How did the black revolutionary war soldiers get paid?
They didn't the Congress was broke
Is the movie Glory an accurate portrayal of the Buffalo soldiers?
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.
Who were the baffalo soldiers?
The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.
How many African American soldiers fought on the American side during the American revolution?
About ten percent of the American soldiers were black.
How did African American support the union?
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.
How did Race play a factor in various developments on the home front?
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.
