HIDDEN HISTORIES
Aug 06, 2020
2 minutes
“The British defeat left former slaves in the US in a terrifying predicament”
uring the American Revolution, the British made an extraordinary promise. They issued proclamations informing all slaves whose owners had joined the rebellion that, if they came over to the British lines, they would be freed. Thousands did exactly that. Some of these so-called ‘black loyalists’ were formed into special regiments and
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