[Burkeman1]

"The Patriot" was a lie from beginning to end. From the British killing Children and burning Churches with Civilians trapped inside (that would be a memorial to this day) to blacks serving in the continental army- actually more Blacks served in the British Army because they had outlawed slavery and offered immediate emmancipation to any black slave who volunteered.

[crazykatz]

Freedom and a trip to British island colonies where they WERE SOLD AS SLAVES as a reward...also, MANY hundreds of these "freed" blacks died as a result of the Brits giving them blankets....dirty/soiled with smallpox.

Yep, the Brits real heroes to slaves! HA!

[John H K]

to blacks serving in the continental army

Umm...this was one of the few things the movie got RIGHT. Actually, the movie was inaccurate in that there weren't ENOUGH blacks. And actually, the one in the movie wasn't a Continental, anyway...just Marion's Militia; there SHOULD have been tons of them in the Continental troops depicted. It is true that there were plenty who fought for the British, as well. But at that point in the war, Congress's money was so worthless, and the war had dragged on so long, it was difficult to get enough whites for the Continental Army. br>

I know people are suspicious this was some sort of feel-good Hollywood PC fabrication or exaggeration, but at that point in the war, 1/6th of the Continental Army was black.<