Black Heroes of the American Revolution

Crispus Attucks is known as the escaped slave whose freedom ended when he died in the Boston Massacre, but there are many other lesser-known black men and women who made enormous contributions to U.S. independence. Readers will discover Edward 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, and an index.

About the author

BURKE DAVIS (1913–2006) was a historian and noted author associated with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He wrote more than thirty books, many about the colonial period in American history, and received many accolades. 

Product details

• Authors: Burke Davis
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.1992
• EAN: 9780152085612
• ISBN: 978-0-15-208561-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 82 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Literary, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Art, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / State & Local, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Art / History, JUVENILE NONFICTION: African American & Black