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"Redcoat - A nickname for the British soldiers taken from their bright red uniforms. They were also called lobster backs. Regulars - A name that referred to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War."
source:  https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/glossary_and_terms.php#:~:text=Redcoat%20%2D%20A%20nickname%20for%20the,soldiers%20during%20the%20Revolutionary%20War.

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"As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. The British actively recruited slaves belonging to Patriot masters and, consequently, more blacks fought for the Crown."

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html

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"The term "Hessians" refers to the approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution. They were principally drawn from the German state of Hesse-Cassel, although soldiers from other German states also saw action in America."

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/hessians/

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"negroes were sometimes branded on the chest or face," though their research in newspapers and plantation and legal records argued that, by the antebellum period, such treatment was reserved for those considered as slave criminals—runaways, thieves, and recalcitrants (Sydnor 1933, p. 89).
https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/branding-slaves

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The Governor of Virginia, whose royal title was Lord Dunmore, on the other hand, sought to disrupt the American cause by promising freedom to any slaves owned by Patriot masters who would join the Loyalist forces. (Runaway slaves belonging to Loyalists were returned to their masters.)
This makes sense because is Chains, Isabel wanted freedom, but instead the British told her to go back home when she told them her master was a Loyalist

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html

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"A total of 50,000 British soldiers fought in the war. ... These European soldiers were integrated into existing British regiments and it is estimated that any given regiment had between 40-100 European soldiers in it."

source: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/british-soldiers-revolutionary-war/#:~:text=How%20Many%20British%20Soldiers%20Fought,soldiers%20fought%20in%20the%20war.&text=These%20European%20soldiers%20were%20integrated,100%20European%20soldiers%20in%20it.

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"It is estimated that between 24,000 to 25,000 British soldiers died in the Revolutionary War. This number includes battlefield deaths, deaths from injuries and disease, men taken prisoner, and those who remained missing."

source: https://historyofmassachusetts.org/british-soldiers-revolutionary-war/#:~:text=How%20Many%20British%20Soldiers%20Fought,soldiers%20fought%20in%20the%20war.&text=These%20European%20soldiers%20were%20integrated,100%20European%20soldiers%20in%20it.

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https://www.britannica.com/video/195114/Hessians-troops-German-side-American-Revolution-British

This has a video about the Hessians.

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"At its peak, the British Army had upwards of 22,000 men at its disposal in North America to combat the rebellion. An additional 25,000 Loyalists, faithful to Great Britain, participated in the conflict as well."

source: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-revolution-faqs

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"Frederick Douglass described the act in an address he delivered in England on September 1, 1846, as “A person tied to a post, and his back, or such other parts was branded, laid bare; the iron was then delivered red hot, and applied to the quivering flesh, imprinting upon it the name of the monster who claimed the slave.”
https://blackthen.com/branding-of-slaves-brutal-act-used-for-identification-purposes-and-severe-punishment/

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Slavery and the American Revolution (video)

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Slavery and the American Revolution (video)

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Slavery & the American Revolution - Liberty in the Air | Gail Pellett Productions

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Stories of resistance among enslaved African Americans during and after the American Revolution. PBS Series: Slavery and the Making of America

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"About 900 Hessian soldiers and officers were taken prisoner by General Washington and the Continental Army following the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776."

https://www.washingtoncrossingpark.org/captured-hessians/

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"Without the same rise in plantations in New England, it was more typical to have one or two enslaved people attached to a household, business, or small farm."

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/new-england-colonies-use-slaves/9th-grade/

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Differences between Northern and Southern state slaves

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Differences between Northern and Southern state slaves

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"In New England, it was common for enslaved people to learn specialized skills and crafts due to the area's more varied economy. Ministers, doctors, tradesmen, and merchants also used enslaved labor to work alongside them and run their households. As in the South, enslaved men were frequently forced into heavy or farm labor. Enslaved women were frequently forced to work as household servants, whereas in the South women often performed agricultural work."

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/new-england-colonies-use-slaves/9th-grade/

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branding types

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"The British army was structured to send career soldiers on long overseas deployments. This meant accommodating families as well. About 20% of the soldiers serving in America had wives and children with them. Women filled army jobs as nurses, washer women and sutlers, or found jobs outside the army to help support their families."
Source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/02/top-10-facts-about-british-soldiers/

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"Washington attacked the Hessian military base (belonging to hired German soldiers who fought for the British) in Trenton, New Jersey, on Christmas Day 1776, inspiring new hope for the cause of the Patriot Army."

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/george-washington-crosses-delaware/

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"There is a misconception that British soldiers stood in the open while Americans hid behind rocks and trees. One need only look at the win-loss record in major battles to see that British forces were almost always victorious even when severely outnumbered. The professional army adapted quickly and effectively to combat conditions in America, but suffered from shortcomings of strategy, logistics and political support."

source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/02/top-10-facts-about-british-soldiers/

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"In New England, however, enslaved Africans were initially given the same status as indentured servants. This changed in 1641 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed laws for enslaved people differentiating enslaved labor from the indentured servants' contract labor, which took away the enslaved's rights."

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/new-england-colonies-use-slaves/9th-grade/