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- African_Americans_in_the_Revolutionary_War abstract "In the American Revolution, gaining freedom was the strongest motive for black slaves who joined the Patriot or British armies. The free black may have been drafted or enlisted at his own volition—Nash says they enlisted at higher rates than did whites.Additional motives for those who joined the rebel American forces may have been a desire for adventure, belief in the goals of the Revolution, and the possibility of receiving a bounty. Monetary payments and freedom were given or promised to those who joined. Free blacks in the North and South fought on both sides of the Revolution; slaves were recruited to weaken those masters who supported the opposing cause. Gary Nash reports that most blacks fought on the patriot side; recent research concludes there were about 9000 black Patriot soldiers, counting the Continental Army and Navy, and state militia units, as well as privateers, wagoneers in the Army, servants to officers, and spies. Ray Raphael notes that while thousands did join the Loyalist cause, "A far larger number, free as well as slave, tried to further their interests by siding with the patriots." Crispus Attucks, shot dead by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre in 1770, is an iconic martyr to Patriots.".
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