American Revolution Perspectives Project

Recommended Text Sets

External Websites

• American Battlefield Trust: 10 Facts: Black Patriots in the American Revolution 

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• The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. Approximately 5,000 African Americans served on the Patriot side during the Revolutionary War. They served as sailors and as soldiers in integrated Continental Army and state militia units.

• American Battlefield Trust: Revolutionary War Biographies 

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• The American Battlefield Trust preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. Nearly 200 biographical sketches of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Europeans who took part in the war can be found here.

• Documenting the American South: Primary Resources for the Study of Southern History, Literature, and Culture 

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• Documenting the American South (DocSouth), a digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research.

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