"African American history--so much of it is truly unknown today. For example, few know of James Armstead--a black patriot and spy who helped make possible the 1781 Yorktown victory during the American Revolution that established America as an independent nation....
"And in the famous 1776 crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night, two men depicted at the front of the boat include Prince Whipple and Oliver Cromwell --two black patriots who served with George Washington and other American generals during the Revolution .
"Few Americans are aware that many of the soldiers who fought during the American Revolution were black--and unlike the later segregated units in the Civil War, many of the units in the American Revolution were fully integrated, with black patriots fighting and dying side by side with their fellow white comrades and soldiers."
P. 5, SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT : AMERICAN HISTORY IN BLACK AND WHITE by David Barton (2004)
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: AMERICAN HISTORY IN BLACK AND WHITE excerpt
"African American history--so much of it is truly unknown today. For example, few know of James Armstead--a black patriot and spy who helped make possible the 1781 Yorktown victory during the American Revolution that established America as an independent nation....
"And in the famous 1776 crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night, two men depicted at the front of the boat include Prince Whipple and Oliver Cromwell --two black patriots who served with George Washington and other American generals during the Revolution .
"Few Americans are aware that many of the soldiers who fought during the American Revolution were black--and unlike the later segregated units in the Civil War, many of the units in the American Revolution were fully integrated, with black patriots fighting and dying side by side with their fellow white comrades and soldiers."
P. 5, SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT : AMERICAN HISTORY IN BLACK AND WHITE by David Barton (2004)