[Pharmboy]

A story of great patriots serving under very tough conditions.

[Pharmboy]

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[NonValueAdded]

Learning something new bump.

[Pharmboy]

Please let me fill in some of the material on compensation for RevWar vets.

They seem to position it here that the blacks were the only ones sent home with nothing--it is my understanding that essentially everyone was sent home with essentially nothing because they had nothing to give them. Land grants were eventually awarded, and became responsible for settling parts of Ohio and especially Indiana. Courts were set up to examine individual soldiers (or soldier's families) claims for compensation. I have never seen anything that pointed to black RevWar veterans treated worse than whites in this regard, but it could have been.

[SunkenCiv]

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The Black Regiment of the American Revolution by Linda Crotta Brennan illus by Cheryl Kirk Noll paperback

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[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

There were also Africans in the British and French armies.

And even more obscure . . .
http://www.schistory.org/schm/bhessians.html

[Dr. Scarpetta]

On June 13, 1783, when the Black Regiment was discharged, many of the black patriots did not receive the compensation they had been promised.

Very sad...