A Black Man's Journey to the Sons of the American Revolution: My Revolutionary War Patriots were the Owners of Slaves!

With the slave legacy of Revolutionary War patriots, author Bill Ritchie confronts the duality of American heroism and historical injustice. Through the lens of seventeen Revolutionary War patriots from the Commonwealth of Virginia, all of whom were confirmed slaveholders, this powerful narrative highlights the untold contributions of the enslaved men, women, and children whose labor sustained the farms, fed the troops, and underpinned the very fight for liberty.

Drawing on colonial census r...