Little known fact
Jan 17, 2023 15:20:27 #
NDMarks
Loc: Dublin, Ca
I just saw an episode of a TV show called "The Unexplained" by William Shatner where they showed that one of the unsung heroes of the Revolutionary War was a person that fed valuable information to General Washington and was instrumental in identifying Benedict Arnold as a traitor. Guess what, this person was a Black Female Slave!. I wonder how this fact would go over within the anti-minority segment!!
Jan 17, 2023 15:34:46 #
Klickitatdave
Loc: Seattle Washington
Not well I would guess. They have their "Alternative facts" to ease their pain.
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Jan 17, 2023 21:19:14 #
Al Vocinq
Loc: The wilds of upstate New York
JohnSwanda wrote:
Not surprising that the person didn't make the history books.
Yeah, being a woman AND Black, she had no chance.
Jan 17, 2023 21:20:38 #
There are still a few folks from Washington's "Secret Six", who've never been identified. The Culper Spy Ring was instrumental in keeping Washington "in the game".
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bikinkawboy wrote:
Character knows not gender or skin color.
But her character didn't get her into the history books.
Jan 18, 2023 06:53:04 #
Klickitatdave wrote:
Not well I would guess. They have their "Alternative facts" to ease their pain.
What are "alternative facts"?
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Jan 18, 2023 08:48:41 #
kdogg
Loc: Gallipolis Ferry WV
Crispus Attacks an African American was the first casualty in the American Revolutionary war. Check it out on Wikipedia
Jan 18, 2023 09:51:31 #
kdogg wrote:
Crispus Attacks an African American was the first casualty in the American Revolutionary war. Check it out on Wikipedia
Crispus Attucks was killed during the Boston Massacre in 1770. From a rebellion perspective, those killed at Lexington and Concord are the "first" casualties of the American Revolution.
The Wikipedia article uses somewhat illogical stringing of events to get to its conclusion. Attucks was killed by lead ball ricochets, and his death may, or may not, have been the first casualty.
Jan 18, 2023 10:18:58 #
As war with Britain broke out in the spring of 1775, however, Massachusetts patriots needed every man they could get, and a number of black men -- both slave and free -- served bravely at Lexington and Concord and then at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for Black enslaved people who joined the Patriot or British armies. It is estimated that 20,000 African Americans joined the British cause, which promised freedom to enslaved people, as Black Loyalists.
In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for Black enslaved people who joined the Patriot or British armies. It is estimated that 20,000 African Americans joined the British cause, which promised freedom to enslaved people, as Black Loyalists.
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