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Strong and Brave Fellows: New Hampshire's Black Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, 1775-1784 »

Authors: Glenn A. Knoblock
ISBN-13: 9780786415489, ISBN-10: 0786415487
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: August 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Glenn A. Knoblock

Book Synopsis

	Acknowledgments
	Preface	1
	Source Abbreviations	3
	Introduction	5
I	Black Life in New Hampshire Before, During and After the Revolution
	Pre-war Slavery in New Hampshire	7
	Black Soldiers and the Continental Congress	11
	Black Enlistment in New Hampshire	13
	Service as Free Men	15
	Service for Freedom	17
	Service with No Freedom	18
	Status as Soldiers	19
	Service as Sailors	23
	The Black Veteran and Pensioner	25
	Blacks as Pioneer Settlers	29
	Religion and the Black Veteran	30
	Death and the Black Veteran	31
	Descendants of Black Veterans	33
	The Black Solider as a Patriotic Symbol	35
II	Campaigns and Engagements
	Introduction	41
	The Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775	41
	The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775	42
	The Invasion of Canada, September 1775 to June 1776	43
	New York City Campaign, September 15 to October 28, 1776	44
	The Frigate Raleigh, May 1776 to September 1778	45
	The Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776	45
	Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Hubbardton, July 1777	47
	The Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777	48
	Victory at Saratoga, September 19 to October 17, 1777	49
	Winter at Valley Forge, December 1777 to June 1778	51
	The Sloop of War Ranger, May 1777 to May 1780	53
	The Battle of Monmouth, June 1778	53
	Continental Service, July 1778 to May 1779	55
	The Battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778	56
	Sullivan's Campaign Against the Six Nations, June to October 1779	57
	Militia Service, 1779	58
	Continental and Militia Service, 1780	59
	New York City and the Siege of Yorktown, 1781	60
	Additional Continental and Militia Service, 1781	62
	Final Continental Service, 1782-1784	64
III	The Men
	Introduction	67
	New Hampshire Soldiers	74
	Soldiers with Service to New Hampshire and Other Colonies	193
	Soldiers from New Hampshire Who Served for Other Colonies	243
App. 1	Black Soldiers Who Died During the War	311
App. 2	Breakdown by Regiment of Black Soldiers Who Served for New Hampshire	312
App. 3	Black Soldiers Before the Revolution	313
App. 4	Black Place Names and Locales in New Hampshire	315
	Bibliography	317
	Index	327