The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution - Softcover

Nell, William Cooper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607962721 ISBN 13: 9781607962724

Publisher: BN Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

In 1855 a book was published detailing the heroic men and women who helped America become free. It showed how many Africans, many of whom were slaves excelled in society and became patriots during the war. This book will open your eyes to many Americans who were free men and despite being forced to America, became true patriots in their own rights and were Americans. However, this book has become lost as is has become a forgotten part of history. Many of the facts contained within this book may have been lost if not for the heroic actions of the author who wrote down the historical aspects which today are no longer being taught in the classrooms. If you read this book, it will open your eyes to a history that hasn't been told in nearly 150 years.

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About the Author

William Cooper Nell (1816 –1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, author, and civil servant. As an historical author his books, Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812 (1851) and Colored Patriots of the American Revolution (1855) became available to the public. These represented the premier exhaustive studies of African Americans. Nell studied law in the early 1830s; however he was never certified as a lawyer because he would not swear allegiance to the Constitution of the United States. He believed it advocated the enslavement of millions African Americans throughout the South and so he could claim no loyalty to it. Around this time, Nell also began his association with acclaimed white abolitionist Garrison and with The Liberator. This connection would continue until the paper’s termination in 1865. Nell fought for the ideals of Garrison unfalteringly throughout the abolitionist campaign. Nell worked with Frederick Douglass on his abolitionist publication, The North Star, from 1848 until 1851. In 1850, Nell lost the Free-Soil candidacy for legislature in his home state. That same year, the Fugitive Slave Law gave Nell new inspiration to continue the fight against slavery. He was prompted to create the Committee of Vigilance, which served a similar purpose to that of the Freedom Association of 1842, but was much more illegal at this point. He encouraged and engaged in the “Underground Railroad”. During 1855, The Liberator employed Nell to journey around the Midwest and study African American anti-slavery efforts. After the publication of the devastating Dred Scott decision in 1858, Nell orchestrated a remembrance of black Revolutionary martyr Crispus Attucks to remind people of the civil status of African Americans at the time of American separation from England. That same year, Nell organized the Convention of Colored Citizens of New England. This action was decidedly in opposition to his earlier abhorrence of segregated abolitionism, but he argued that this new insult to blacks constituted sufficient reason to act separately. Nell spent the time between publications working for legislation to allow blacks into the Massachusetts military, one of the few struggles of his life in which he was not successful.

Edition details

• Publisher: BN Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1607962721
• ISBN 13: 9781607962724
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 382