What was the African Americans role during the revolutionary war?

Black African Americans slaves served in the State Navy. They also served as gunners and sailors. They got there freedom if they served faithfully in the Revolutionary War.

In Virginia alone, as many as 150 black men, many of them slaves, served in the state navy. After the war, the legislature granted several of these men their freedom as a reward for faithful service. African Americans also served as gunners, sailors on privateers and in the Continental Navy during the Revolution

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