African-American War Heroes

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This paper describes the heroic efforts of African-Americans in their participation in the fight for freedom in the War for Independence and the Civil War. The paper discusses the issue of slavery and the slave's right or lack thereof to enlist in the military and fight in the wars. The paper contends that, throughout the war, African-Americans continued to prove how valuable they truly were to the military.

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"America was founded on the principle of freedom. With this in mind, it comes as little surprise that both the War for Independence and the Civil War have the similarity that they both involved the struggle for freedom. Both wars sought to overcome oppression and both wars encompassed a vision of basic human rights connected with a sense of justice. The other similarity these two wars shared was the heroic efforts of African Americans in their participation in the fight for freedom."

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