In the spirit of the excellent post "Colonel Tye & The British Ethiopian Regiment, here's a review of a book on blacks and the Revolutionary War that I wrote for the Halifax Daily News four years ago.
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the Ameri
Detail from "The Death of Major Pierson," 1782-84, oil painting by John Singleton Copley depicting a black soldier fighting for the British during the American Revolution. Black soldiers in Dunmore's Royal Ethiopian Regiment had "Liberty to Slaves"
