Come All You Brave Soldiers: Blacks in the Revolutionary War (Polaris)

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Summary: The rest of the story
Review: Clinton Cox should have his own historical radio show similar to Paul Harvey's. Cox tells the rest of the story of the American Revolution. He writes about blacks(free and slave) who fought in the war. He carefully elucidates facts such as the hedging of colonial leaders to allow blacks to serve eventhough many were already signed up and fighting. There were blacks involved in the war starting with the Boston Massacre and up until the end. The use of blacks by the British as a ploy against the Americans is also detailed. Cox masterfully shows once again why there is not American History and African American History it is the History of the United States.

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Summary: Come All You Brave Soldiers
Review: This book has teached me how black people were an important part in history of the United States of America. It also gave me ideas how the Revolutionary war was started by showing me historical events that happened during this time period. The author pointed out events like the Boston Massacre and following the course of the war through the Battle of Yorktown. It expresses how the blacks and Native Americans were treated as none equal and legal rights were opposed to them. The best thing about this book is that it gives enough detail to understand what really happened in the Revolutionary war.