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These Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution in Exchange for Freedom From Slavery
For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy. Such was the case for the Carolina Corps, a military unit comprising ...
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An Irish Diary on Edward Despard: the Irish officer who served in the British army but was executed as a revolutionary
On this week in 1798, Irish-born army officer Edward Marcus Despard was arrested at his home in Soho on suspicion of conspiracy of treason. The London Times reported that the arrest took place ...