This Week In Black History July 10-16, 2024

JULY 101775—Shortly after taking com­mand of the troops fighting for American independence from Britain, Gen. George Washing­ton (the nation’s first president) has his adjutant general issue an order barring any further Blacks from joining the Continental Army. The decision would be confirmed by the Continental Congress in November of 1775. The fear was that Blacks who fought for Amer­ica’s independence would be justified in demanding an end to slavery. And slave ow