You might get some relevant information from:

MOEBS, Thomas Truxtun
Black soldiers, black sailors, black ink: research guide on African-
Americans in US military history 1526-1900
1994, Chesapeake Bay, Moebs Publishing Co

John Weiss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Lucey / Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:23 PM
Subject: George Washington's Black troops


: 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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