Revolutionary War (2): Bernardo de Galvez takes Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola (1779-81) with free Black and mixed-race militias from Louisiana and Cuba; about 5,000…

Year: 1779 · Places: Florida, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Northeast, Caribbean, Africa

SUMMARYRevolutionary War (2): Bernardo de Galvez takes Baton Rouge, Mobile, Pensacola (1779-81) with free Black and mixed-race militias from Louisiana and Cuba; about 5,000 Black Patriots incl. the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (Black and Native soldiers); Black Loyalists (Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment 1775; Book of Negroes 1783); Haudenosaunee split (Oneida and Tuscarora with the Patriots; Mohawk under Joseph Brant and Seneca with the Crown). Record.
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