Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Freedom Is Worth Fighting For: Billy and James
This lesson looks at the choices created during the Revolutionary War for enslaved African Americans in Virginia.
Black Past
Black Past: Poor, Salem (1747 1780)
Read this encyclopedia entry that recounts the participation of Salem Poor, a freed black man, who served in the Revolutionary War.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Us History: The Buffalo Soldiers
Describes the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, African Americans who served in four Calvary peacetime units in the 19th and 20th centuries. Highlights the experiences of Emanuel Stance, a freed slave who joined the military in 1866.