Image: Soldiers at the siege of Yorktown (1781), by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger (cropped1)
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Description: American and French soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, watercolor, 1781. The watercolor depicts the variety of soldiers fighting for American independence, depicting, from left to right, a Black soldier from the First Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a Western Frontier rifleman, and a French officer. An estimated 5,000 African American soldiers participated in the Revolutionary War.
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