Archive for April, 2009
Source: Â Philadelphia Tribune
Date: March 22, 2009
Byline: Bobbi Booker
Racial identity of ‘Black Sam’ debated
When the Continental Congress passed a resolution barring Black men from serving in the American army, one of the first heroes of the Revolution was an African-American, Crispus Attucks, who died in the 1770 Boston Massacre.
Surprised by the large number of slaves who [...]
