The way they could become free was to fight in the war. “Several thousand slaves won their freedom by serving on both sides of the war of independence”. African Americans fought on both the British and the American colonist side because they were offering to types of freedom. “The British actively armed and recruited the slaves by offering them their liberty. Responding to this, George Washington allowed the slaves to fight in the war, and over 5,000 served by the end of the war”. By the end of the war 2,000-5,000 slaves were free because of their service in the revolutionary war. “By 1778, many states, including Virginia, granted freedom t slaves who served in the war”. Though the African Americans had a choice that was very disagreeable they managed to find a way to
The way they could become free was to fight in the war. “Several thousand slaves won their freedom by serving on both sides of the war of independence”. African Americans fought on both the British and the American colonist side because they were offering to types of freedom. “The British actively armed and recruited the slaves by offering them their liberty. Responding to this, George Washington allowed the slaves to fight in the war, and over 5,000 served by the end of the war”. By the end of the war 2,000-5,000 slaves were free because of their service in the revolutionary war. “By 1778, many states, including Virginia, granted freedom t slaves who served in the war”. Though the African Americans had a choice that was very disagreeable they managed to find a way to