Author(s): Burke Davis
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 96
Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
Language: English
Date Published: 2007-08-01
Dimensions: 127 x 185.42 x 7.62mm
Publication City/Country: Orlando, United States
Edition: Reissue, Reprint
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Crispus Attucks is known as the escaped slave whose freedom ended when he died in the Boston Massacre, but there are many other lesser-known black men and women who made enormous contributions to U.S. independence. Readers will discover Edward Hector, the brave wagoner of Brandywine; artilleryman and slave Austin Dabney; William Lee, the aide and closest companion of George Washington throughout the war; and many others.
Includes a bibliography, a foreword by Senator Edward W. Brooke, and an index.