It features the unsung African Americans who fought and died for both sides in the Revolutionary War.
What I learned changed my life and mysense of heritage."
Attucks took two ricocheted bullets in the chest.
In total, five protesters died.
I’m happy that Attucks story gave me the opportunity."
Like Attucks, black patriots were mostly slaves looking to secure their freedom by joining the fight.
Often, they enlisted in army service as a substitute for their masters and were promised liberty.
They were not unflawed.
“They weren’t perfect people, he says.
They saw an opportunity for freedom, and they took it.
Freedom was the key issue here.
The colonists were fighting for their freedom at the same time African Americans were fighting for theirs.”
The enemy seized the opportunity.
Thousands of blacks joined, filling Dunmore’s Ethiopian Regiment.
One of them, 21-year-old escaped slave Titus Cornelius, is a vivid character inBlack Patriots.
The black soldiers were the colonists worst nightmare: They knew every inch of the terrain.
