I inferred you are referring to the 2000 movie entitled "The Patriots".
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Occam, being an African-American was an enslaved man. Thus, he was acting in behalf of his master when he fought.
French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, 1754–63. The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
It was thought to be important that most delegates had served in state legislatures because this gave them the necessary experience to deal with more complicated legislative platforms and environments.