Reenactor at the Ford Mansion
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2009-07-05
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There are several records of women of African descent who followed the Continental Army. Free women of African descent could follow the army only if their husbands were soldiers or if they were hired by an officer to do work. Some officers of the Continental Army owned enslaved people and brought them on campaign as servants. Enslaved women could not legally follow the army without the permission of their owners. Even still, some enslaved people of African descent saw the Continental Army as a path to freedom
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Phillis Wheatley, The First African American Women to be Published, American Revolution, American History, US History, General George Washington, Black Patriot, Female Patriots, The Continental Army, Jockey Hollow, Morristown National Historical Park, Historic Morristown, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, George Washington, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, The Ford Mansion, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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