By attacking slavery more fiercely than ever before, Revolutionary Americans freed tens of thousands of slaves. But the Revolution’s libertarian and egalitarian message had perverse consequences. It forced those Southerners who chose to retain slavery to fall back on the alleged racial deficiencies of blacks as a justification for an institution that hitherto they had taken for granted and had never before needed to justify. The anti-slavery movement that arose out of the Revolution inadvertently produced racism in America.
Battles
Battle Sort descending | Location | End Date |
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Battle of Bennington | New York | 16-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Brandywine | Pennsylvania | 11-Sep-1777 |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Massachusetts | 17-Jun-1775 |
Battle of Camden | South Carolina | 16-Aug-1780 |
Battle of Chesapeake Capes | Virginia — Chesapeake Bay | 05-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Cowpens | South Carolina | 07-Nov-1781 |
Battle of Eutaw Springs | South Carolina | 08-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton | New York | 06-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 10-May-1775 |
Battle of Fort Washington | New York | 16-Nov-1776 |
Battle of Germantown | Pennsylvania | 04-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Groton Heights | Connecticut | 06-Sep-1781 |
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | North Carolina | 15-Mar-1781 |
Battle of Harlem Heights | New York | 16-Sep-1776 |
Battle of Kings Mountain | South Carolina | 07-Oct-1780 |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | Massachusetts | 19-Apr-1775 |
Battle of Long Island | New York | 27-Aug-1776 |
Battle of Monmouth | New Jersey | 28-Jun-1778 |
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge | North Carolina | 27-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Oriskany | New York | 06-Aug-1777 |
Battle of Princeton | New Jersey | 03-Jan-1777 |
Battle of Quebec | Quebec, Canada | 31-Dec-1775 |
Battle of Red Bank (Fort Mercer) | New Jersey | 22-Oct-1777 |
Battle of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 08-Feb-1778 |
Battle of Savannah | Georgia | 29-Dec-1778 |
Battle of Stony Point | New York | 15-Jul-1779 |
Battle of Trenton | New Jersey | 26-Dec-1776 |
Battle of Valcour Island | New York | 11-Oct-1776 |
Battle of Waxhaws | South Carolina | 29-May-1780 |
Battle of White Plains | New York | 28-Oct-1776 |
Battles of Saratoga | New York | 07-Oct-1777 |
Fortification of Dorchester Heights | Massachusetts | 04-Mar-1776 |
Siege of Charleston | South Carolina | 12-May-1780 |
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga | New York | 06-Jul-1777 |
Siege of Mud Island Fort (Fort Mifflin) | Pennsylvania | 15-Nov-1777 |
Siege of Savannah | Georgia | 20-Oct-1779 |
Siege of Yorktown | Virginia | 19-Oct-1781 |
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815 (2009)