On October 19, 1781, Gen. George Washington attained his apex as a soldier. Straddling a spirited charger at the head of a formidable Franco-American army, Washington watched impassively as 6,000 humiliated British, German, and Loyalist soldiers under the command of Lt. Gen. Charles, Second Earl Cornwallis, emerged from their fortifications to lay down their arms […]

Interesting article about the black Americans (freed and enslaved) who fought in the American Revolution. Having received an American education, I don’t recall learning that black Americans heavily favored and fought for the British. Britain started on a path toward abolition in its own land after Somerset v Stewart, so slaveowners in America felt that the institution of slavery was under threat in the colonies as well. The continuation of slavery was therefore at least a minor factor in the American Revolution.