Historical Information and Sources

Historical Information:

Books  

  • George Washington and the Negro – Walter H. Mazyck
  • Recollections and Private Memoirs of George Washington – George Washington Parke Custis
  • Journals of the House of Representatives – 1832-33 vol.1, 1828-29 vol.1, 1826-27 vol.1
  • Black Heroes in Our Nation’s History – Phillip Drotning
  • Black Genealogy – Charles Blockston
  • The Revolution’s Black Soldier – Robert A. Selig
  • Blacks In Colonial America – Oscar Reiss
  • Blacks In the American Revolution – Philip S. Foner
  • The Pennsylvania Line, Regimental Organization and Operation 1776-1783 – John B. B. Trussell
  • Campaign to Valley Forge July 1, 1777-December 19,1777 – John F. Reed
  • The Winter Soldier – Richard M. Ketchum
  • Philadelphia Holy Experiment – Struthers Burt
  • African Americans in Pennsylvania – Charles Blockston
  • Come All You Brave Soldiers – Clinton Cox
  • The Nagle JournalA Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, from the Year 1775 to 1841
  • Pennsylvania Archives – 5th series, vol.3, page 1054
  • Colored Patriots of the American Revolution –
  • The Philadelphia Campaign –
  • Say You Want A Revolution –
  • The American Revolution In the Delaware Valley –

Papers:

  • Brandywine Battlefield: The National Landmark Revisited -Nancy Webster
  • The Black Regiment and the Defense of Philadelphia – Joseph W. Becton
  • Living History, Impression, Waggoner/Teamster – William R.D. Lange

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