Excerpt from The First American Civil War, Vol. 2 of 2: First Period, 1775 1778, With Chapters on the Continental or Revolutionary Army and on the Forces of the Crown
About the negroes there was protracted discussion. Negroes It had been strongly urged that all black men should gag}; be set free, and then accepted, each man on his own ranks. Merits; into the ranks of the Continental army. This measure was recommended by the consideration that if American Slave-owners refused to emancipate these bondsmen, the Loyalists would, by promising the blacks their freedom on the condition of enlistment, vastly increase the fighting power of the British army. This suggestion, however, was not acceptable.
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