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These Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution in Exchange for Freedom From Slavery
For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy. Such was the case for the Carolina Corps, a military unit comprising ...
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What happened to the British West Indies Regiment after World War One
People from across the world came home to ... The pants, the jacket, the shirt, and the boots.' The British West Indies Regiment had fought in the Middle East and did vital war work in France.
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THE WEST INDIES: Birth of a Nation
The former British colonies—11 main islands with 8,000 sq. mi. of land and 3,000,000 people sprawled across ... picked a name for the nation: The West Indies. Now, with the touchy trading ...
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Earl and Louise Little
Earl Little, a Baptist minister born in Reynolds, Georgia, and his second wife, Louise, born in Grenada, British West Indies ... he held quietly in different people's homes." ...