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Crispus Attucks is known asthe escaped slave whose freedom ended when he died in the Boston Massacre, but thereare many otherlesser-knownblack men and women who made enormous contributions to U.S. independence. Readers will discoverEdward Hector, the brave wagoner of Brandywine; artilleryman and slave Austin Dabney; William Lee, the aide and closest companion of George Washington throughout the war; and many others.
Includes a bibliography,a foreword by Senator Edward W. Brooke, andan index.
Includes a bibliography,a foreword by Senator Edward W. Brooke, andan index.
