Justin Iverson is the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing Historian at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. His research has appeared in Florida Historical Quarterly and Atlantic Studies. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Enslaved Black people took up arms and fought in nearly every colonial conflict in early British North America. They sometimes served as loyal soldiers to protect and promote their owners' interests in the hope that they might be freed or be rewarded for ... SEE MORE