Alarmed by the potential impact of the British Governor Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation—which offered freedom to enslaved people who joined British forces—General George Washington reversed an earlier ban and authorized the enlistment of free Black men in the Continental Army. This marked a pivotal moment in the American Revolution and the evolving role of African Americans in U.S. military history.
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