Military Conflict – American Revolution
Jack Sisson (1743?-1821)
Jack Sisson was an enslaved African American who became a militia volunteer and was instrumental in the capture of British...
William Lee (aka Billy Lee/ Will Lee) (1752?-1810)
The mulatto slave William Lee appears together with his owner, U.S. President George Washington, in two and quite possibly three...
Cato Howe (?- 1824)
Cato Howe was an enslaved African-American who served in the American Revolutionary War as a courier and a spy. Service...
Prince Estabrook (1740?-1830)
Although much attention is paid to Crispus Attucks who died during the 1770 Boston Massacre, the first African American to...
James Hemings (1765-1801)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Though far more is known about his younger sister, Sally Hemings, James Hemings nonetheless was an eyewitness to history despite...
Colonel Joseph Louis Cook (ca. 1737-1814)
Joseph Louis Cook was an Afro-Iroquois leader and a Commissioned Officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
Wentworth Cheswell (1746-1817)
Wentworth Cheswell was a teacher, auditor, assessor, selectman, and Justice of the Peace in New Hampshire. When he was elected...
André Rigaud (1761-1811)
Benoit Joseph André Rigaud was a Haitian political and military figure, who controlled Southern Haiti during the country’s civil war against the North, then...
Haitian Soldiers at the Battle of Savannah (1779)
The Battle of Savannah, Georgia, which occurred between September 16 and October 18, 1779, became one of the bloodiest battles during...
