Chasing Ned Hector: Uncovering the Life and Legacy of a Black Revolutionary War Bombardier and Teamster

The story of Edward “Ned” Hector reveals overlooked Black heroism in the American Revolution.

A young white boy comes home from watching a reenactment battle at the Brandywine battlefield, imagining what it must have been like to be George Washington. His Black friend returns with no such thoughts. From what he could see, people like him played no part in the fight for American independence. In Chasing Edward “Ned” Hector, Noah Lewis battles the too-common assumption that all colonial Black ...