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Project aims to identify blacks who fought in Revolution
AP via boston.com ^
| July 19, 2006
| Mark Pratt
Posted on 07/19/2006 7:28:41 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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Not only did thousands of African Americans serve in militias and in the Continental Army, but thousands more served as drovers, sutlers, wagoneers, smithies, messengers, etc.
Further, John Glover's Marblehead Regiment (these were the fishermen-fighters who ferried the Continental Army across the East River after the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn and did the same across the Delaware) were, at times, up to 25% African American. Glover was a Congregationalist who believed that whites and blacks were equal in the Lord's eye.
And, let's not forget the all-black Rhode Island Regiment.
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07/19/2006 7:28:45 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:33:48 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
Yes, and blacks also fought on both sides of the Civil War.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:35:49 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
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To: coconutt2000
Yes, and blacks also fought on both sides of the Civil War. I hope it isn't trite to note the Buffalo Soldiers.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:37:32 PM PDT
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freedumb2003
(A Conservative will die for individual freedom. A Liberal will kill you for the good of society.)
To: coconutt2000
Indeed. Talk about "inconvenient truths..."
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:37:45 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
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To: freedumb2003
Not at all. It can never be trite to remember the real contributions blacks have made to this great country (for example, they were the ones who [mainly] built the original wall on what was to become Wall Street) and fight the culture of victimology that the media so loves.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:41:08 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
Every true American of every stripe has helped build what we have today.
It is so sad that some of those of the same stripes want to tear her down today.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:43:06 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
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To: Pharmboy
"I don't care what color you are as long as you kill those sons a' bitches in the gray uniforms" George Patton.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:46:31 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
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To: Pharmboy
They were just doing the jobs that Native Americans wouldn't do.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:51:10 PM PDT
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thoughtomator
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To: freedumb2003
Agreed...I believe it is important to show that Africans were always a part of this country and helped build it. They were not merely victims...
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:53:02 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
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To: thoughtomator
Now THAT'S funny...ya got a good smile outta me here.
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:54:18 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
Agreed...I believe it is important to show that Africans were always a part of this country and helped build it. They were not merely victims Case in point:
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07/19/2006 8:05:01 PM PDT
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freedumb2003
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I believe that one of the members of the Boston tea Party was black and he, as I remember it, was the first causalty/death!
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Crispus Attics, a black American, was indeed killed during the "Boston Massacre." He was a leader of a Boston street gang that was allied with the Sons of Liberty. I do not know whether or not he was present during the Tea Party, but it would not surprise me.
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07/19/2006 8:14:46 PM PDT
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Pharmboy
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07/19/2006 8:39:06 PM PDT
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07/19/2006 8:39:33 PM PDT
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nutmeg
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And, let's not forget the all-black Rhode Island Regiment.Have you seen this?
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:40:35 PM PDT
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nutmeg
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To: Pharmboy
Attucks was the first casualty of the Revolution.
To: Pharmboy
Usually separating people by people group (race) is bad (such as pointing out that their are Americans of African descent who are against illegal immigration or pointing out that Michelle Malkin is of Asian descent--sort of making them token minorities (they are who they are with or without Americans of European descent's approval), but in this case it can be useful. Some Americans of African descent who consider themselves to be alienated by mainstream American society could come to understand that this is their country, too, and that they should try to merge with it and not form some separate identity.
To: coconutt2000
Amerindians also fought (and there probably were Latinos and there even could be a few people of Asian descent (a guess, but there were some people of Chinese descent who immigrated to California for the Gold Rush).
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