The Negro as a Soldier (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Negro as a SoldierWhen we remember that in all the wars of our country, negroes have always Shown that they were able and willing to fight, and that patriotism burned brightly in their hearts, though they were usually looked upon and treated as chattels, that at Bunker Hill, standing Shoulder to shoulder with the white yeomanry of the colonies, negroes stood firmly, and bore their part bravely, that a. Rhode Island regi ment of manumitted slaves did valiant service for their state and country in the Revolutionary War, that as early' as June 28, 1778, negroes were to be found serving in as many as eighteen brigades under Washington, that at New Orleans, in the war of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.