The Revolutionary War Patriot Who Carried This Gunpowder Horn Was Fighting for Freedom—Just Not His Own Simbo, an African-American patriot, fought for his country’s liberty and freedom even as ...

A rare powder horn that belonged to an African American soldier killed in the Revolutionary War has gone on display in Philadelphia. The elaborately carved cow’s horn belonged to Gershom Prince ...

As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. ... An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped, ...

Four African American residents of Plymouth, some of whom were slaves, fought for America's independence during the Revolutionary War ...

Cromwell was a decorated hero, they knew, a representative of an American history that had gone unheralded for much of this nation’s lifetime: an African American patriot of the Revolutionary War.

No one would have used the term African-American, and as Revolutionary-era names for black Americans would be considered offensive today, Soldiers has settled on black as a compromise.) ...

The decorative artistry and intricate carvings on this Revolutionary War powder horn aren’t the only things that make it special. The horn was owned by African-American soldier Gershom Prince ...

A park development honoring Revolutionary War soldier Jim Capers on Eutawville battlefield in South Carolina aims to highlight his heroism and African American legacy nationally.

African-American Middletown Revolutionary War veteran Jesse Caples served in Continental Frigate Confederacy in 1779. His descendants met at Caples' final resting place, the Washington Street ...

An estimated 100,000 African Americans escaped, died or were killed during the American Revolution. Many African Americans, like Agrippa Hull and Prince Hall, did side with the Patriot cause ...