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Re: Bet you didn't know this

Posted by Dave on Sun Sep 6 22:53:05 2015, in response to Re: Bet you didn't know this, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Sun Sep 6 22:41:11 2015.

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Yes, they came to this country as slaves but by the time of the American Revolution a significant number of then were free men.

Did you know some of them fought for the British? The Brits offered emancipation to any slave owned by a Patriot who was willing to join the Loyalist forces. In South Carolina 25,000 slaves, more than one-quarter of the total, escaped to join and fight with the British.

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