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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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