Question

How did the Revolutionary War affect slaves?

Answer 1

About 5,000 Slaves served in the continental army, and by 1778 many states slaves who served in the American Revolution were granted their freedom.

Answer 2

As a result of the Revolutionary War, Slavery was eliminated in the North.

The American Revolutionary War lasted from 1775 to 1783. It was an 18th-century war waged between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies in alliance with France, which declared independence as the United States of America.

The war occurred after more than a decade of increasing estrangement between the British crown and a large and influential portion of its North American colonies.