As early as the 1650s, enslaved Africans escaped into the American wilderness to form their own separate communities -- a New World adaptation of an African form of resistance. These maroons (or ...

He said that Black and Indigenous men and women, both free and enslaved, participated in every single incident of the American Revolution. "By the end of the war, we know that, on the Patriot side ...

As Americans commemorate the 250th anniversary, there’s a growing push to reflect on how they remember the Revolution and not just through a militaristic lens.