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1775
Lexington and Concord: Black Soldiers Fight for Independence
1775

Lexington and Concord: Black Soldiers Fight for Independence

Black soldiers, both enslaved and free, participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fighting alongside colonial forces for American independence. Despite …
1775
cultural discrimination

Lexington and Concord: Black Soldiers Fight for Independence

Black soldiers, both enslaved and free, participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fighting alongside colonial forces for American independence. Despite their service, Black Americans were excluded from the rights and freedoms promised by the Revolution, highlighting the contradiction between liberty …

Lexington, Massachusetts, MA
African American Jim Crow Slavery & emancipation
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Black soldiers, both enslaved and free, participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fighting alongside colonial forces for American independence. Despite their service, Black Americans were excluded from the rights and freedoms promised by the Revolution, highlighting the contradiction between liberty and slavery.