Shirley Green
Adjunct history professor and author specializing in African American history and the American Revolution, whose book Revolutionary Blacks traces freeborn Black soldiers like the Frank brothers through archival and genealogical research.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 13min
434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution
Shirley Green, an adjunct history professor and author who traces freeborn Black soldiers through genealogical research, tells the story of William and Benjamin Frank. She explores why free men of color enlisted, daily life and combat in integrated regiments, how the Revolution split families, and one brother’s path to Nova Scotia as a Black Loyalist.
