THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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that they would not be allowed to serve
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that they would serve for only one year
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that they would form their own African-American units
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that they would only be allowed to fight when sent to other states
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Detailed explanation-1: -African Americans were common in South Carolina’s navy, serving as seamen, pilots, and carpenters. At the end of the war, as many as 25, 000 South Carolina slaves left with the British and Loyalists or escaped into the swamps.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Colonel William Moultrie, the South Carolinians defeated the Royal Navy in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June 28, 1776, and brought the Patriot Continental Army a major victory.
Detailed explanation-3: -Later, when more manpower was needed, the law was changed to allow 1/3 of the militia to be made up of slaves but they were not allowed to serve as soldiers. African Americans fought with the partisan bands. South Carolina did not offer slaves their freedom in exchange for their service in the army.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why were African Americans at first banned from serving in the Continental Army? The African Americans were first banned because the Southern states didn’t feel comfortable with the African Americans having guns and allowing them to serve as soldiers. They were also worried the slaves might revolt against them.