1. African-American Soldiers Use of enslaved people would be “inconsistent with the principles to be supported” in the Revolutionary War – Hancock and Warren Committee British “declare all… Negroes free, that are able and willing to bear arms,… for the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper dignity.” – Lord Dunsmore, Royal Govenor of Virginia, Nov. 1775

2. Works Cited David Dabydeen,. "Am I Not a Man and a Brother?." scalaregia.blogspot.com. 28 12 2008. Web. 28 Sep 2009.. John Hope Franklin,. From Slavery to Freedom A History of African Americans. 8th. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2006. Print. William Cooper Nell,. "William Cooper Nell, 1816-1874." Documenting the American South. 28 09 2009. Univerity of North Carolina, Web. 28 Sep 2009.. "First Fugitive Slave Law." www.historycentral.com. Web. 28 Sep 2009. <http://www.historycentral.com/AfiricanAmerican/ FugitiveSlaveLaw.html>.

3. African American Soldiers Americans reversed their policy inasmuch to allow free blacks to join the Revolutionary Army Over 70,000 enslaved men joined the British military Eventually most States were offering freedom to any enslaved man willing to fight with the colonists After the War most States did give freedom to those who fought however in some places courts had to be set up to ensure that freedom was indeed given

4. Abolitionist Movement 1 st Abolitionist Society formed by Quakers in Pennsylvania 1775 By 1792 abolitionist societies were wide- spread in the North By 1786 PA, MA, CT, RI, NY, and NJ had all passed legislation to abolish slavery in their states.

5. Constitutional Convention 3/5 th Compromise Representation in Congress partially dependent on number of people in each State. Southern States wished to count enslaved people as part of the State population even though they were not able to vote, while the North did not want enslaved people to be counted. North

6. Constitutional Convention Article 1 section 9: the importation of enslaved people will not be permitted after 1808 Article 4 section 2: Fugitive slave law – “no person held in service or labor in one state… escaping to another, shall… be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.