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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06132 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1855 |
| Title | The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans |
| Date | 1855 |
| Author | Nell, William C. (William Cooper) (1816-1874) |
| Additional authors | Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Includes an introduction by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Contains descriptions of African Americans' meritorious military service. Includes a printed fold-out leaf opposite page 132, which consists of George Washington's discharge for a soldier named Brister Baker. The first illustration depicts Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave and a sailor who died 5 March 1770 in the Boston Massacre. A second section includes information on the state of African American Civil Rights at the time of publication. This work is a duplicate of GLC06176. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War African American Troops African American History Military History Continental Army Woman Author Women's History Civil Rights Slavery President Revolutionary War General Boston Massacre |
| People | Nell, William C. (William Cooper) (1816-1874) Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Attucks, Crispus (d. 1770) Baker, Brister (fl. 1777-1783) Wallcut, Robert Folger (1797-1884) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |