How did African Americans on both the patriot and loyalist sides use the Revolution to pursue and secure their own freedom?
Directions: Based on your readings in chapter 3 of Freedom on My Mind, answer the following questions. In your responses, demonstrate that you have read and synthesized the material.
1. How did African Americans on both the patriot and loyalist sides use the Revolution to pursue and secure their own freedom? How did they draw on the conflict’s ideology to do so? Choose several examples from the chapter to support your argument. ( two paragraphs)
2. Overall, how would you assess African Americans’ gains and losses during the Revolutionary era? Consider the outcomes for patriots and loyalists, northerners and southerners, and free blacks and slaves. (two paragraphs)
Required Text: Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, & Waldo E. Martin Jr., Freedom on My Mind: A History of African Americans with Documents, vol. 1, 2nd edition, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-319-06052-7
