157 Judith Van Buskirk, The Revolution's African American Soldiers (Doing History Rev)

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Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Between 1775 and 1783, an estimated 230,000 men served in the Continental Army with another approximately 145,000 men serving in state militia units.

But who were the men who served in these military ranks? What motivated them to take up arms and join the army? And what was their military experience like?

In this episode of the Doing History: To the Revolution series we begin a 2-episode exploration of some of the military aspects of the American Revolution by exploring the experiences of the approximately 6,000-7,000 African American men who served in the Continental Army. Our guide for this exploration is Judith Van Buskirk, a professor of history at the State University of New York, Cortland and the author of Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution.

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0:00.0	Support for Ben Franklin's World and the Doing History to the Revolution series comes from the
0:05.1	Omaha Institute. Proud publishers of the Weymam and Mary Quarterly, The Lading Journal of Early
0:10.0	American History since 1943. Welcome to Ben Franklin's world.
0:15.0	Podcasts about Early American History with Liz Covert.
0:20.0	The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future.
0:25.0	Van Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present day world.
0:32.0	And now, here's your host, Liz Coe. impacted and shaped our present day world.
0:32.9	And now here's your host, Liz Koval.
0:35.7	Hello and welcome to episode 157 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:40.6	The podcast dedicated to helping you, learn more about how the people and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:48.0	On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution took on a military component.
0:54.6	On that day, in the towns of Lexington and Concord Massachusetts, British regulars and colonial
0:59.4	militiamen exchanged fire.
1:01.9	In the aftermath of what became known as the battles of Lexington and
1:04.8	conquered, an American army began to form, so that by July 1775, somewhere
1:10.0	between 25,000 and 30,000 men had gathered around Boston.
1:14.4	Now, over the course of the American Revolutionary War, which took place between 1775 and
1:19.0	1783, it's estimated that about 230,000 men served in the Continental Army,
1:25.0	with another 145,000 men serving in state militia units.
1:30.0	But who were these men who served?
1:32.0	What motivated them to take up arms and join the army?
1:35.9	And what was their military experience actually like?
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