New Hampshire's Colored Patriots of the Revolution By W.C. Nell Notes on Colored Patriots America's first black historian, William C. Nell (1816-74) included a short chapter on NH patriots in his landmark book on African-Americans in the Revolution. Nell mentions Jude Hall of Exeter and Aunt Jenny who he refers to as NH's last slave. Nell's history is the key source of information about ...

AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG The Revolution's Black Soldiers by Robert A. Selig Doctor Selig received his Ph.D. in history cum laude from Universitat Wurzburg, 1988 He has most recently been Visiting Professor of History and German at Hope College in Michigan. Recipient of many awards and grants, his articles have appeared in American Heritage, Colonial Williamsburg (where this work first appeared in ...