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Why were African Americans not allowed in the Continental army, and why were they eventually allowed to?

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Why were African Americans not allowed in the Continental army, and why were they eventually allowed to?

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African Americans weren't allowed in the Continental army because the higher ups in the army didn't want to arm them for fear of an uprising. There were African Americans in the army, but they were soldier who previously were in the army, there were no new recruits. This was reality, until the British told the Enslaved that they would be freed if they fought for Britain. This action caused the Continental army to enlist enslaved also promising freedom. The Colonists also did this because their quotas from each town were not being filled with enough soldiers to keep fighting.

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How did the British sweeten the pot of joining their side, for the enslaved African Americans?

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How did the British sweeten the pot of joining their side, for the enslaved African Americans?

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The British promised to the slaved that helped them win, that they would be freed once the war was over. Lord Dunmore implemented this policy, and had a fighting force of 800 ex-slaves, which survived several battle, until it was destroyed by Smallpox. Also the British saw the slaves as a way to cripple the economy of the more slave dependent South, which would make it easier to take. The British were not very good people, even if they might have freed some slaves, those that had infectious disease were used as pseudo biological weapons. They were used by being sick, then going into Colonist camps to spread the disease and cripple the force for an easy British victory.

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Crispus Attacks, Martyr of the American Revolution.

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Crispus Attacks, Martyr of the American Revolution.

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Crispus Attacks is considered to be the first casualty in the fight for independence. He was a runaway slave, who was involved with the initial scuffle of the Boston Massacre and was the first Colonist to fall. He was a rope maker and a sailor. He was killed by two musket shots to the chest and never saw the start or the end of the war.

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Colonel Tye was a British Guerrilla who was adept at raids, reconnaissance, and the freeing of Patriot slaves. Tye was born a slave to a very brutal master, ans escaped to fight for the British. Tye wasn't put out in the battle field, because he was far more useful as a surveyor because of his land knowledge of New Jersey. Tye was granted the honorary title of Colonel after the British recognized the large part he played and because of his great contributions to their efforts.

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Roles of Women In The American Revolution

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Roles of Women In The American Revolution

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Most women were nurses or caretakers of the soldiers during the war. Some however were involved in espionage, secret gathering, and infiltration of the British camps as nurses to gain Intel. Most of the women who were nurses, became nurses because they couldn't support their families without the husbands help, and so they followed their husbands around during the war and became nurses during that.

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Roles of Women In The American Revolution.

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Roles of Women In The American Revolution.

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Some women who wanted to fight disguised themselves as men so that the could fight against the British. These women often avoided medical care if they got hurt, because it would reveal who they were and they would be forced to retire from the army. Being a solder's though wasn't the most dangerous job available. Being a nurse was more dangerous, this was so because of the rampant disease and infections that were in the air. From this being a nurse had the same mortality rate as being a wounded soldier.

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Lucy Flucker Knox, Colonist Nurse and Caretaker, Wife of Henry Knox.

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Lucy Flucker Knox, Colonist Nurse and Caretaker, Wife of Henry Knox.

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Lucy Knox was the wife of Henry Knox and went around with her husband, not even having a home until the war was over. During the war, she gave out food, water and nursing care to those who needed it. She went from military camp to military camp with her husband, helping the men and showing her generosity.

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Catherine was a scout for the area around her plantation and because of he great knowledge of this area she was able to be very effective. Catherine was a skilled horse rider and this helped her when the British came around and she rode to warn the militia in preparation for, "The Battle of Cowpens". Because of her help the Colonists won a decisive victory against the British at "The Battle of Cowpens".

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https://www.history.com/news/black-heroes-american-revolution

https://www.historyisfun.org/learn/learning-center/colonial-america-american-revolution-learning-resources/american-revolution-essays-timelines-images/african-americans-and-the-american-revolution/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/african-americans-and-war-independence

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/african-american-service-during-revolution

https://www.history.com/news/first-black-regiment-american-revolution-first-rhode-island

Women in the American Revolution- Battlefields.org

https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/10-amazing-women-revolutionary-war/

https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/women-of-american-revolution

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-roles-of-women-in-the-revolutionary-war/

https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2009/01/womens-role-in-american-revolution.html