tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2156578186709144074..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Massachusetts Government on Black Soldiers in the Summer of 1775Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43322247133685779732015-03-11T09:12:06.235-05:002015-03-11T09:12:06.235-05:00If the Park Service makes a video of this talk and...If the Park Service makes a video of this talk and then posts it online, I'll post the link here. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-24288205947963276742015-03-11T09:11:04.139-05:002015-03-11T09:11:04.139-05:00De Lancey and other Loyalists in 1776 probably had...De Lancey and other Loyalists in 1776 probably had to wrestle with the spectre of Lord Dunmore, who had invited people enslaved in Virginia to join his forces, only to anger the white planters and farmers more and then to lose.<br /><br />Later in the war the British changed strategy on that question again. But in early 1776 they probably wanted to assure potential allies that they wouldn't interfere with the established social and economic system.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62299680174941528712015-03-11T07:36:37.279-05:002015-03-11T07:36:37.279-05:00Sounds like an interesting talk. Will your though...Sounds like an interesting talk. Will your thoughts eventually be posted for those of us who cannot make the trip from Far Off Texas?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-87459303509606749112015-03-10T08:06:33.651-05:002015-03-10T08:06:33.651-05:00Washington - and the Massachusetts government - we...Washington - and the Massachusetts government - weren't the only ones struggling with the question. The orderly books of De Lancey's loyalist Brigade, on Long Island, contains the following:<br /><br />Head Quarters, N York March 16th (1776) For his Majesties Provincial Troops - The Commander in Chief being desirous that the provincial Forces should be put on the most respectable Footing & according to his first Intention to be Composed of his Majestys Loyal American Subjects has Directed that all Negroes Mulattoes & other Improper Persons who have been admitted into this Corps may be Immediately Discharged...<br /><br />R. DoctorowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com