African Americans and American Indians Fighting in the Revolutionary War: Non-Fiction, Informational

African Americans and American Indians Fighting in the Revolutionary War, written by John Micklos, Jr.

Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Pages: 48

Genre: Non-Fiction, Informational

Rating: Thumbs Up

This book informs on how both African Americans and American Indians had to make critical decisions and contributed to both British and American colonist sides during the Revolutionary War that began in 1775. It is reported that many slaves or African Americans signed up with the militia or American colonist after being promised freedom for doing so from their masters. Still some slaves wanted to return to England where they could be free from ownership. Many times the American Indians would side with the British because they believed the British would help protect them from the land-greedy settlers.

All of the information presented depicts a side of the Revolutionary War seldom heard. I appreciated the simple way that intricate legal documentation was presented in the text. This would be an excellent literary peice to use in conjunction with social science text and I rated it at a "Thumbs Up".