More American slaves won freedom by fighting for Britain than for patriots

Evidence

The American Revolution brought some specific gains for blacks. Some slaves in fact obtained the freedom promised in return for military service. However, not all slaves who fought for the patriot cause were freed. In 1782 Virginia sold almost all the state-owned slaves in its navy. Blacks elsewhere had to resist attempts by their masters to re-enslave them upon the expiration of their term enlistment Ironically, it appears that more blacks obtained their freedom by serving with the British than with the patriots. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1999

Categorization

• XREF: Follows the book’s earlier contention that black freedom-seeking attached to whichever colonial power undermined the slaveholding masters’ regime.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1999