Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812

COLORED AMERICANS IN THE WARS OF 1776 AND 1812
By WILLIAM C. NELL
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED FOR H. T. KEALING, 681 PINE STREET 1902
This little volume sets forth in compact form the achievements of the American Negro during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. It is compiled from valuable records, diaries, documents and articles in newspapers nearly contemporaneous with the times of which they treat, and it may, therefore, be considered a valuable compendium to the man who seeks information on a subject but scantily treated in the standard historical works to which reference is usually made.
The matter herein contained was first printed in a Canada edition called Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812. It is now out of print, but matter of so great value in fixing the patriotic status of a people so long denied honorable place among the nation-makers of America must not be allowed to fade from view; especially at this time when archives and libraries are being ransacked by scholarly men of the Negro race for defensive data against the insidious attacks of wily foes upon the claims and merit of the colored race considered as soldiers and citizens.
A reference to the bibliography and authorities quoted by Mr. Nell, the author, is an addition to the original volume which will be appreciated by those inquirers who have access to good libraries and wish to verify the facts here given.
To have collected all these scattered and fugitive allusions involved no small labor, and deserves the thanks of all who want to see the material for a full and fair history of the United States so gathered into one convenient place that the future historian cannot fail to find it, if he be desirous; nor refuse to use it, if he be conscientious.
It should be mentioned that matter which has became untrue by the progress of events since the first edition of this book has been carefully exscinded.
H. T. KEALING.
Philadelphia, Pa., September 1, 1902.