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, ...

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.

But these famous individuals represent an exceptional set of experiences for people of African descent in the Revolutionary era. On the eve of the Revolutionary War, there were more than 400,000 ...

An African American man from Albemarle County who served in the Revolutionary War will be honored with a new highway marker in Virginia. After the war, Private Shadrach Battles returned to ...

NEW KENT — The American landscape is filled with grand stone monuments commemorating war heroes and founding fathers. James Lafayette now stands among those honorees. At a ceremony on Saturday ...

NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory in the Revolutionary War, an American patriot will finally have a ...

NEW KENT — Nearly two-and-a-half centuries after providing critical intelligence that helped the United States clinch victory in the Revolutionary War, an American patriot will finally have a ...