id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16101 Note, Margot Forgotten Patriots: African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War: A Guide to Service, Sources and Studies. Ed. Eric G. Grundset. Washington, D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2008. 872p. alk. paper, $35 (ISBN 9781892237101). 2010-07-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1157 57 50 Because specific and designated terms such as ‘Negro,’ ‘mulatto,’ ‘mustee,’ ‘black man,’ etc., were used to describe individuals of African descent or partial African descent, the use of terms such as ‘ruddy,’ ‘sandy,’ ‘light,’ ‘dark,’ etc. usually refers to someone of European descent in an attempt to describe better [than] variations in skin tone lumped together by some as ‘white’” (138). For example, a source lists Africa Hamlin of Pembroke, Massachusetts, as a possible African American soldier; later research revealed that he was of European descent and had siblings named Asia, Europe, and America. cache/crl-16101.pdf txt/crl-16101.txt