by MikellRobert | Nov 29, 2021 | African American History, People
Jack Sisson was an enslaved African American who became a militia volunteer and was instrumental in the capture of British Gen. Richard Prescott in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Sisson was born around 1743 and was owned by Thomas Sisson of Tiverton,...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Sep 7, 2021 | African American History, People
The mulatto slave William Lee appears together with his owner, U.S. President George Washington, in two and quite possibly three paintings, including the iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware by the artist Emanuel Leutze, where he is seen third from left in the boat...
by MikellRobert | Apr 22, 2021 | African American History, People
Cato Howe was an enslaved African-American who served in the American Revolutionary War as a courier and a spy. Service in the American Revolutionary War gives a person the status of Patriot. There is little information about the early life of Howe before the war....
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Oct 12, 2020 | African American History, People
Although much attention is paid to Crispus Attucks who died during the 1770 Boston Massacre, the first African American to take up arms and fight in the American Revolutionary War was a slave who in his youth was known simply as Prince. Though some scholars claim he...
by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Aug 24, 2020 | African American History, People
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Though far more is known about his younger sister, Sally Hemings, James Hemings nonetheless was an eyewitness to history despite being enslaved most of his brief life. Hemings, born in 1765, was one of the twelve children of the...
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