Welcome to this introduction to Colored Patriots of the American Revolution. The podcast is named after the book by the same title written by William Cooper Nell, an abolitionist from Boston. He was provoked into writing the book when the Massachusetts legislature rejected a petition to build a monument to Crispus Attucks, the first casualty in the Revolutionary War. It is because of Nell that we even know who Attucks was because by the mid-18th century his story had been all but forgotten.
This chapter of black history doesn't get the attention it deserves but it is filled with many heroes and heroines. William Nell conducted detailed research into the lives of many fascinating men and women, making sure that a record of their contributions to America would survive. You'll hear about slaves who served as double agents, the man who was the first black American to be ordained as a minister in a white church, veterans who fought key battles, and so much more.
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Music in this episode:
Don't change for me - Nigel Hall
Runnin' - Pharrell Williams
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