Historic accuracies: Britain really did offer African American slaves their freedom for fighting on the British side. Many did, but thousands fought bravely for the Patriots.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
The Patriot: Fact or Fiction
US History 10/10H: As promised, here's a website I found that addresses the historical accuracy of the movie The Patriot. While this movie is highly dramatized in spots, I like its attention to detail and the emotion that it captures. Worthy of note: the Americans were not initially in favor of war. Benjamin Martin's statement that “this war will not be fought on the frontier but amongst us” represented a common fear...this was not a war held in a faraway place, but one fought in the towns, sometimes even between neighbors.
Historic accuracies: Britain really did offer African American slaves their freedom for fighting on the British side. Many did, but thousands fought bravely for the Patriots.
Historic accuracies: Britain really did offer African American slaves their freedom for fighting on the British side. Many did, but thousands fought bravely for the Patriots.
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