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George Washington's Black troops
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Donna Lucey / Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:23:32 -0400
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For a book on George Washington and his slaves, I am at work on a
chapter about the African-American role in the Revolutionary War.  I'm
wondering if someone can help with a Maryland question, or could direct
me to a source there.  A "Return of Negroes in the Army" prepared by
Alexander Scammell in August 1778 lists 84 blacks in Smallwood's Brigade
and the 2nd Maryland Brigade.  My question is this: would a similar
number of blacks have been enlisted in William Smallwood's Maryland
Battalion two years earlier, when that battalion carried out the heroic
rear-guard defense of Washington's army in Brooklyn, August 27, 1776?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Henry Wiencek
Charlottesville

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