We invite those interested in learning more about the E Pluribus Unum Educational Initiative’s ongoing efforts to recover, center, and remember the American Revolution’s Patriots of Color to consult the following list of resources on African American, American Indian, and multiracial contributors to the War effort.
This expanding list features published scholarly books, monographs, articles, genealogy guides and tutorials, museum exhibits and directories, databases and archives, historical film links and recommendations, and recent news pieces, among other sources, which you are encouraged to pursue. Be sure to bookmark and check this space in the future for new resources and developments as they become available.
University of Washington University Libraries Primary Sources of African American history »
Library of Congress William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection »
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Collection »
National Museum of African American History & Culture Collection, US Military, American Revolution »
History Channel Documentary: Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution »
George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Native Americans in the Colonial Era »
Black Soldiers Played an Undeniable but Largely Unheralded Role in Founding the United States »
‘Black Patriots’ Were Heroes Of The Revolution — But Not The History Books »
Black soldier who crossed Delaware with Washington will be honored in New Jersey »
Diary Sheds Light on Deborah Sampson, Who Fought in the Revolutionary War »
Forgotten plaque honoring southern Illinois Revolutionary War veterans back into spotlight »
Slave, soldier, emancipator: The incredible life of Trumbull’s Nero Hawley »
Indigenous people recount ancestors’ role in Revolutionary War »
244-year-old remains to be moved from museum to Natick Praying Indian Burial Ground »