Judith Van Buskirk
Professor Emerita of History at SUNY Cortland and author of Standing in Their Own Light: African-American Patriots in the American Revolution, specializing in African-American Revolutionary War veterans and memory.
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Feb 17, 2026 • 53min
BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers
Judith Van Buskirk, Professor Emerita and author who reconstructs African American Revolutionary lives. She discusses why 5,000–7,000 Black men enlisted, shifting Continental Army policies on Black service, vivid pension-story sources, the First Rhode Island Regiment, and veterans’ postwar struggles and legacies.
