The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

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book historical work

The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution is an 1855 historical work by William Cooper Nell that documents and celebrates the contributions of African Americans to the struggle for American independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812	1
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ historical work ⓘ
aimsTo	celebrate African American contributions to American independence ⓘ document African American participation in the American Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	African American civil rights ⓘ abolitionism ⓘ
author	William Cooper Nell NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	Black patriots in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Black sailors in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Black soldiers in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
documents	acts of heroism by African Americans in the Revolutionary War ⓘ petitions and appeals by African Americans during the Revolutionary era ⓘ service of enslaved Black people in the American Revolution ⓘ service of free Black people in the American Revolution ⓘ
focusesOn	contributions of African Americans to the struggle for American independence ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Crispus Attucks NERFINISHED ⓘ James Armistead Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Salem NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillis Wheatley NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem Poor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPerspective	abolitionist ⓘ
hasReprint	20th-century editions ⓘ 21st-century editions ⓘ
hasTheme	antislavery ⓘ historical recovery of marginalized groups ⓘ patriotism ⓘ racial equality ⓘ
intendedAudience	abolitionist readers ⓘ general American public ⓘ
isEarlyWorkOf	African American historical scholarship ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	African American military history ⓘ African Americans in the American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
publicationDate	1855 ⓘ
publicationPlace	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher	Robert F. Wallcut NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingDescribed	Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution ⓘ
significance	early work of African American historiography ⓘ one of the earliest book-length histories of African Americans in the United States ⓘ
structure	biographical sketches and anecdotes ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	18th century ⓘ American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	source for later studies of Black participation in the American Revolution ⓘ

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William Cooper Nell → notableWork → The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812