[516] Stevens's Hist. of Georgia, vol. i. p. 289.

[517] Bancroft, vol. iii. 12th ed. p. 427.

[518] Stevens's Hist. of Georgia, vol. i. p. 307.

[519] Whitefield's Works, vol. ii. pp. 90, 105, 208.

Part III.

_THE NEGRO DURING THE REVOLUTION._

CHAPTER XXVI.

MILITARY EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES.

1775-1780.

"Many black soldiers were in the service during all stages
of the war."--SPARKS.

THE COLONIAL STATES IN 1715.--RATIFICATION OF THE
NON-IMPORTATION ACT BY THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.--GEORGE
WASHINGTON PRESENTS RESOLUTIONS AGAINST SLAVERY, IN A
MEETING AT FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, VA.--LETTER WRITTEN BY
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO DEAN WOODWARD, PERTAINING TO
SLAVERY.--LETTER TO THE FREEMEN OF VIRGINIA FROM A
COMMITTEE, CONCERNING THE SLAVES BROUGHT FROM
JAMAICA.--SEVERE TREATMENT OF SLAVES IN THE COLONIES
MODIFIED.--ADVERTISEMENT IN "THE BOSTON GAZETTE" OF THE
RUNAWAY SLAVE CRISPUS ATTUCKS.--THE BOSTON MASSACRE.--ITS
RESULTS.--CRISPUS ATTUCKS SHOWS HIS LOYALTY.--HIS SPIRITED
LETTER TO THE TORY GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE.--SLAVES
ADMITTED INTO THE ARMY.--THE CONDITION OF THE CONTINENTAL
ARMY.--SPIRITED DEBATE IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, OVER THE
DRAUGHT OF A LETTER TO GEN. WASHINGTON.--INSTRUCTIONS TO
DISCHARGE ALL SLAVES AND FREE NEGROES IN HIS ARMY.--MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD AT CAMBRIDGE.--LORD DUNMORE'S
PROCLAMATION.--PREJUDICE THE SOUTHERN COLONIES.--NEGROES IN
VIRGINIA FLOCK TO THE BRITISH ARMY.--CAUTION TO THE NEGROES
PRINTED IN A WILLIAMSBURG PAPER.--THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
ANSWERS THE PROCLAMATION OF LORD DUNMORE.--GEN. GREENE, IN A
LETTER TO GEN. WASHINGTON, CALLS ATTENTION TO THE RAISING OF
A NEGRO REGIMENT ON STATEN ISLAND.--LETTER FROM A HESSIAN
OFFICER.--CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE ON THE SUBJECT OF
EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES AS SOLDIERS.--GEN. VARNUM'S LETTER TO
GEN. WASHINGTON, SUGGESTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES, SENT
TO GOV. COOKE.--THE GOVERNOR REFERS VARNUM'S LETTER TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.--MINORITY PROTEST AGAINST ENLISTING SLAVES
TO SERVE IN THE ARMY.--MASSACHUSETTS TRIES TO SECURE LEGAL
ENLISTMENTS OF NEGRO TROOPS.--LETTER OF THOMAS KENCH TO THE
COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BOSTON, MASS.--NEGROES
SERVE IN WHITE ORGANIZATIONS UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.--NEGRO SOLDIERS SERVE IN VIRGINIA.--MA