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Historian John Rees discusses his recent collaboration with historical artist Don Troiani highlighting the participation of African American soldiers in America’s early wars that combines Troiani’s dramatic art with Rees’ heavily researched text. Drawing from his research and written contributions, along with Troiani’s battle paintings, figure studies, artifact collection and artist notes, Rees focuses on the Black soldiers who fought in the American Revolution to highlight the significance of this under-recognized aspect of the war.

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About the Speaker

John Rees is an author and independent historian who has been writing on the experiences and material culture of common soldiers and women in the armies of the American Revolution for over thirty years. His research has focused on military foods, soldiers’ belongings and burden, army wagons and watercraft, campaign shelters and battle and campaign studies—many of his works being available online. Mr. Rees’ first book was “They Were Good Soldiers”: African Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783 (Helion Press, 2019).