West Indies and British colonies West Indies and British colonies
Jamaica
There were some slaves who fought with the colonists and there were free african men in the North who fought with the colonists. A larger majority of slaves fought with the British. It was well known across the colonies that any slave who fought with the British would receive their freedom after the Revolutionary War was over.
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.
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
It was a British colonial regiment (loyalist) composed of ex-slaves. It was only named for Ethiopia.
West Indies and British colonies West Indies and British colonies
no they werent
the british took African slaves across from Africa to America to trade and earn money
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
African slaves brought ideas and skills with them from Africa.
The British (English) settlers brought the first African American slaves over. In fact, they where the only people who brought African American slaves over to America.
The British's slaves had to join the war, random African Amaricans, and Britich Soldiers
They thought they were fighting for there freedom
Because the ethics and morals at that time allowed for slavery, and they wanted a cheap workforce. But this went for all who used slaves, it wasn't special for the british.
to replace Indian slaves with African slaves
Estimates on the number of former Black slaves, African Americans, vary on this issue. One reliable source places the number of slaves leaving North America with the British at 3,000.