Black Patriots: Recovering a Lost History of the American Revolution

In the darkest days of the American Revolution, as the fate of a new nation hung in the balance, Black Patriots took up the cause of liberty by the hundreds, swelling the ranks of the fledgling Continental Army. But Black Patriots-slaves and freemen alike-had been fighting for America's independence from the very first shots of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord. Dozens of Black Patriots fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, where Salem Poor and Peter Salem were recognized for t...