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Crisis, 1976
Discusses seven black colonialists who fought the British in the American War of Independence: Caesar Tarrant, Deborah Gannett, Samuel Charlton, Austin Dabney, Henry Christophe (ultimately Emperor of Haiti), James Armistead, and James Robinson. Reprinted from "Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783," an NAACP publication. (JM)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Black History, Black Influences, Colonial History (United States)
Humanities, 1990
Discusses the influx of Black soldiers into the Union army following the Emancipation Proclamation. Concentrates on the case of Private Spotswood Rice. Provides a short history of Rice, including copies of Rice's letters to his enslaved daughters, the daughter's slaveholders, and an angry retort from the slaveowner to the federal commander in…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Black Culture, Black Family, Black Studies
