They thought they were fighting for there freedom
they were promised freedom if they help the british
Many were forced to by the British after their farms were taken.
You did not state which war.
they were promised freedom
The British told them they would be free but didn't keep their word for it
The British told them they would be free but didn't keep their word for it
some African Americans fought during the revolutionary war so the could get freedom from there British owner
they fought for both sides
African Americans had many important roles that they played in the war for independence. They helped to operate farms and businesses when the men would go off to fight. Enslaved African Americans fled from their masters to take up arms with the British after they were promised freedom for their efforts.
They thought that if they gave them guns and tought them how to fight they feared that they might revolt in the enslaved population. Robert Selig reflects on African Americans in the Continental Army. Island, and Connecticut agreed to again ban all blacks, free or enslaved, from their militias.
The British told them they would be free but didn't keep their word for it
The British told them they would be free but didn't keep their word for it
They thought that if they gave them guns and tought them how to fight they feared that they might revolt in the enslaved population. Robert Selig reflects on African Americans in the Continental Army. Island, and Connecticut agreed to again ban all blacks, free or enslaved, from their militias.
They thought that if they gave them guns and tought them how to fight they feared that they might revolt in the enslaved population. Robert Selig reflects on African Americans in the Continental Army. Island, and Connecticut agreed to again ban all blacks, free or enslaved, from their militias.
They thought that if they gave them guns and tought them how to fight they feared that they might revolt in the enslaved population. Robert Selig reflects on African Americans in the Continental Army. Island, and Connecticut agreed to again ban all blacks, free or enslaved, from their militias.
some African Americans fought during the revolutionary war so the could get freedom from there British owner
they fought for both sides
African Americans had many important roles that they played in the war for independence. They helped to operate farms and businesses when the men would go off to fight. Enslaved African Americans fled from their masters to take up arms with the British after they were promised freedom for their efforts.
freedom for other african americans
they fighted for british
There were close to 1 million African American soldiers that fought with the allied troops during World War II. Prior to 1941 African Americans were deemed unfit for war and were not allowed to fight on the front lines.