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Some African-Americans were offered freedom by either the colonists or the British. Volunteers to the Continental Army hoped that a free United States would mean new freedoms for all races.

The British offered African-Americans freedom if they fought for them, but slaves risked the chance of being punished if caught running away from their masters.

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