Further Learning Resources
Interested in diving deeper? Looking for resources to help you connect with your Black Patriot ancestor? Here are some resources to help you learn more about the Black experience in Maryland and how to compile evidence of military service.
- Researching African American Families at the Maryland State Archives
- Guide to the Study of the Legacy of Slavery
- Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Program
- Maryland State Archives Military Records Research Guide
- Finding the Maryland 400 project
- National Archives Guide to Military Records of the American Revolution
- Daughters of the American Revolution E Pluribus Unum Educational Initiative
For Further Reading
"African Americans in the Revolutionary War." Finding the Maryland 400, September 7, 2023. https://msamaryland400.com/2015/02/10/african-americans-in-the-revolutionary-war/.
"Maryland's African American Troops." Finding the Maryland 400, October 8, 2019. https://msamaryland400.com/2015/02/26/marylands-african-american-troops/.
National Park Service. "African Americans in the Revolutionary War." Last Modified November 9, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/chyo/learn/historyculture/african-americans-in-the-revolutionary-war.htm.
American Battlefield Trust. "10 Facts: Black Patriots in the American Revolution." Last Modified June 14, 2024. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/10-facts-black-patriots-american-revolution.
Collins, Elizabeth M. "Black Soldiers in the Revolutionary War." Soldiers Live. Last Modified March 4, 2013. https://www.army.mil/article/97705/black_soldiers_in_the_revolutionary_war.
Greenwalt, Phillip S. "George Washington's Integrated Army." American Battlefield Trust. Last Modified February 21, 2021. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/george-washingtons-integrated-army.
Makos, Isaac. "Roles of Native Americans During the Revolution." American Battlefield Trust. Last Modified April 13, 2021. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/roles-native-americans-during-revolution.
Museum of the American Revolution. "Patriots of Color: Black and Indigenous Soldiers in the American Revolution." Last Modified September 27, 2022. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/patriots-of-color-archive-black-and-indigenous-soldiers-in-the-revolutionary-war.
National Park Service. "Enslavement and Enlistment." Last Modified December 27, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/john-hannigan-patriots-of-color-paper-3.htm.
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Forgotten Patriots. 2008. https://www.dar.org/library/forgotten-patriots/forgotten-patriots-book.
Nell, William Cooper. The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution. Boston, MA: Robert R. Wallcut, 1855.
Quarles, Benjamin. The Negro in the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1969.
Rees, John U. "They Were Good Soldiers": African-Americans serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783. Warwick: Helion & Company Limited, 2019.
Return of the Negroes in the Army, 24 August 1778. Alexander Scammel, Adjutant General, Continental Army. George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, Series 4, General Correspondence, image 562. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw4.051_0562_0563/?sp=1
Riley, Mara, and Cathy Johnson. Whatever shall I wear?: A guide to assembling a woman's basic 18th century wardrobe. Excelsior Springs, MO: Graphics/Fine Arts Press, 2002.
Troiani, Don, John U. Rees, and James L. Kochan. Don Troiani's black soldiers in America's wars, 1754-1865. Essex, CT: Stackpole Books, 2025.
Van Buskirk, Judith L. Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017.
Wright, Merideth, and Nancy Rexford. Everyday Dress of rural America, 1873-1800: With illustration and Patterns. New York, N.Y: Dover, 1992.