Black People In The Revolutionary War

There were two all-black units in the Continental Army and a third which voyaged from Haiti with the French. Colonel Christopher Greene's First Rhode Island Regiment distinguished itself for efficiency and gallantry throughout the war- perhaps the war would have ended sooner if its examples had been heeded. About the Bucks of America, a Massachusetts company, little is known except that John Hancock chose it for special honor. The Black Brigade of Saint Domingue, Haiti, in this day of Pan-African aspiration, needs to be better known. - Sidney Kaplan