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BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers
More than 6,000 Black men—free and enslaved—served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Yet their stories remain some of the least told of the war. In this revisited episode, we rejoin Judith Van Buski...
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BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers is an episode from Ben Franklin's World: A Podcast About Early American History by Liz Covart. More than 6,000 Black men—free and enslaved—served in the Continental Army dur...
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Published Feb 17, 2026, 53:17 long, audio available.
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