Edward Hector

Features, Interviews, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 27, 2021 March 27, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: John Rees on Remembrances of Black Revolutionary War Veterans

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews writer, researcher, historian, and JAR contributor John Rees on his series of articles about nineteenth-century remembrances…

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Nineteenth-Century Remembrances of Black Revolutionary Veterans: Edward Hector, Bombardier and Wagoner

by John Rees

Nat Turner launched a bloody uprising among enslaved Virginians in Southampton County in 1831 the same year that William Lloyd Garrison of Boston began…

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Norm-Thank you for your comments and civil service. In my personal opinion, Cornwallis received a "pass" on his Yorktown campaign. It certainly helped that he was respected by the king.…
2. Norm Ishimoto Lord Cornwallis: Defender of British and American Liberty?

Thank you for this excellent and interesting article. Personally, I had the standard American view of the British (save that I am curious enough to subscribe to this Journal) during…
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Excellent article, Bob! Can't wait to play a wargame scenario on the fight for the Delaware. Thanks for a very interesting piece. - DB