Strong and Brave Fellows: New Hampshire's Black Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, 1775-1784
Containing the military service records of more than 200 black soldiers with ties to New Hampshire during the American Revolution, this volume helps provide a better understanding of what it meant to be a black man in New Hampshire during this critical phase of American history. Knoblock (an author and lecturer from Dover, N.H.) covers campaigns and engagements, and details the known information about each soldier's career. The study's appendices include black soldiers who died in the war,...
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AcknowledgmentsPreface1Source Abbreviations3Introduction5IBlack Life in New Hampshire Before, During and After the RevolutionPre-war Slavery in New Hampshire7Black Soldiers and the Continental Congress11Black Enlistment in New Hampshire13Service as Free Men15Service for Freedom17Service with No Freedom18Status as Soldiers19Service as Sailors23The Black Veteran and Pensioner25Blacks as Pioneer Settlers29Religion and the Black Veteran30Death and the Black Veteran31Descendants of Black Veterans33The Black Solider as a Patriotic Symbol35IICampaigns and EngagementsIntroduction41The Battle of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 177541The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 177542The Invasion of Canada, September 1775 to June 177643New York City Campaign, September 15 to October 28, 177644The Frigate Raleigh, May 1776 to September 177845The Battle of Trenton, December 26, 177645Fort Ticonderoga and the Battle of Hubbardton, July 177747The Battle of Bennington, August 16, 177748Victory at Saratoga, September 19 to October 17, 177749Winter at Valley Forge, December 1777 to June 177851The Sloop of War Ranger, May 1777 to May 178053The Battle of Monmouth, June 177853Continental Service, July 1778 to May 177955The Battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 177856Sullivan's Campaign Against the Six Nations, June to October 177957Militia Service, 177958Continental and Militia Service, 178059New York City and the Siege of Yorktown, 178160Additional Continental and Militia Service, 178162Final Continental Service, 1782-178464IIIThe MenIntroduction67New Hampshire Soldiers74Soldiers with Service to New Hampshire and Other Colonies193Soldiers from New Hampshire Who Served for Other Colonies243App. 1Black Soldiers Who Died During the War311App. 2Breakdown by Regiment of Black Soldiers Who Served for New Hampshire312App. 3Black Soldiers Before the Revolution313App. 4Black Place Names and Locales in New Hampshire315Bibliography317Index327
