Excerpt from Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution Notwithstanding all this, the fact is notorious, as Bancroft says, that the roll of the army at Cambridge had from its first formation borne the names Of men Of color. Free negroes stood in the ranks by the side of white men. In the beginning of the war they had entered the provincial army: the first general order which was issued by Ward, had required a return, among other things, Of the 'complexion' of the soldiers; and ...
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Excerpt from Historical Notes on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution Notwithstanding all this, the fact is notorious, as Bancroft says, that the roll of the army at Cambridge had from its first formation borne the names Of men Of color. Free negroes stood in the ranks by the side of white men. In the beginning of the war they had entered the provincial army: the first general order which was issued by Ward, had required a return, among other things, Of the 'complexion' of the soldiers; and black men, like others, were retained in the service after the troops were adopted by the continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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