Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Lawrence W Reed
“Whether free or slave, did black Americans play a role in the fight for liberty during the American Revolutionary era? Yes indeed, they did. It’s a story that didn’t earn much attention in history books until recent decades. When I was in school in the 1950s and 1960s, I think I heard of just one of them, Crispus Attucks, a black sailor who was the first person killed by British soldiers in the March 1770 Boston Massacre. Black people were to be found among both patriots and loyalists, depending in large part on which side seemed more likely to advance their prospects for freedom.” (02/19/26)
https://fee.org/articles/phillis-wheatley-and-black-heroes-of-the-revolution/