Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Lord_Dunmore
gptkb:British_loyalists
gptkbp:awardedBy military training
gptkbp:composedOf enslaved and free Black men
gptkbp:contributedTo British_war_efforts
gptkbp:deployedTo British_territories_after_disbandment
gptkbp:disbanded 1783
after_the_American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:dissolved 1783
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:engagesIn raids and skirmishes
gptkbp:faced discrimination
gptkbp:formed 1775
gptkbp:foughtAgainst American_patriots
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:hasImpactOn post-war_Black_communities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dunmore's Ethiopian Regiment
gptkbp:influencedBy British_policy_on_slavery
gptkbp:inspiration future Black soldiers
gptkbp:involvedIn British_military_campaigns
gptkbp:isChallengedBy patriot_militias
gptkbp:isComposedOf Black soldiers
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical texts
gptkbp:isEngagedIn 1783
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy the abolitionist movement
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn military_operations_against_American_forces
gptkbp:isNotedFor its bravery in battle
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor its unique composition
gptkbp:ledTo Colonel_Tye
gptkbp:legacy inspiration_for_future_Black_military_units
gptkbp:location gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notableEvent Battle of Great Bridge
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Virginia_colonies
gptkbp:participatedIn Siege of Yorktown
gptkbp:purpose fighting_for_the_British_during_the_American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:receives gptkb:British_government
gptkbp:recognizedBy historical societies
gptkbp:recruitment loyalists and escaped slaves
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:significance first all-Black military unit in North America
gptkbp:utilizes guerilla tactics
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn gptkb:Lord_Dunmore
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn 1775 to 1783
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:British_colonial_forces
the_larger_context_of_the_Revolutionary_War.
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy loyalist sympathizers