“I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery.”
~ Marquis de Lafayette, in a letter to John Adams
~ Marquis de Lafayette, in a letter to John Adams
By contrast, the Continental Army, as Henry Wenwck notes, was “more integrated [racially] than any American military force until the Vietnam war.” In fact, one of the wounded on Lexington Green in 1775 was Prince Easterbrooks, “a Negro man.”
Though, just like today, some were opposed to integration of the Army. Shocking, I know. 
Imagine standing up in front of the Congress and DEMANDING that slaves AND FREE MEN be dismissed from the Army because you believed adamantly that Black men were inferior.
We have men doing this to women and LGBTQ citizens today. It's the same thing.
We have men doing this to women and LGBTQ citizens today. It's the same thing.
