A Revolution Within a Revolution: Africans in the Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War was a seminal event in world history, yet the narrative of this war is often an incomplete one. Underlying the war between America and Britain was the fate of enslaved Africans in the 13 American colonies, who were caught in the middle of this war. Their story is lesser known. A Revolution Within a Revolution: Africans in the Revolutionary War is a short essay that describes the struggles for freedom of African people, who fought on both sides of the war. This essay especially focuses on the contrasting lives of Prince Hall and Thomas Peters in the aftermath of the war.